The League Blog

Upmarket fiction bridges two styles of writing that have long been seen as opposites: the literary and the plot-driven. It’s the recognition that a fast-paced, page-turning story can also include the depth, language, and human insight associated with literary fiction.

By Terra Luft Project Hail Mary  is the latest science fiction novel from author Andy Weir. If you loved Weir’s first book, The Martian , I think this book is even better. It has the perfect balance of exciting plot, interesting characters, and fascinating science set in space. Ryland Grace wakes up alone on a spacecraft, his crew mates dead, millions of miles from home with no memory of who he is or why he’s there. As his memory slowly returns, he must puzzle out a scientifi

If ideas don’t matter—or at least, if worrying over them, obsessing about finding a new one, or being overly protective of the one you have isn’t where your energy is best spent—then what does matter?

By Becca Rose What is a common yet essential element to all stories? Characters. Whether human, animal, or a cognitive inanimate object,...