Science-fiction and fantasy author. Creator of Write Faster, Write Smarter.
A salvage crew. A dying station. One repair that could burn them all.
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Chris Fox writes science fiction, fantasy and the Write Faster, Write Smarter books for authors. His official biography describes his former iPhone-development career, love of worldbuilding and lifelong D&D play. His channel covers writing, publishing and book marketing.
A salvage engineer finds a forbidden spell engine aboard a derelict ship. Saving her settlement means trusting a crew of misfits and fixing the system she once helped break. This original science-fantasy proposal connects engineering, worldbuilding and hard choices. Generate it here with ImagineYourBook.
Your September 4 video, "How AI is Improving My Author Workflow," sparked a hands-on idea: a science-fantasy sample about a salvage engineer solving a broken magical system. I prepared a prompt and cover concept so you can try the book-generation workflow yourself.
Explore Chris’s videos, then apply our original exercises to your next novel, blurb and publishing plan.
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Lesson 1 · 8:37
Chris explores AI in his author workflow. Use this topic to examine a specific bottleneck while keeping creative decisions with the author.
Take away: Our application: test a small task against a result you can inspect, rather than treating speed as proof of quality.
Try it: Choose one repetitive task. Record the time spent and check the result for errors before deciding whether to keep the change.
Lesson 2 · 10:57
Chris discusses Kickstarter for authors. Our planning exercise treats a campaign as a delivery commitment as well as a way to fund a book.
Take away: A compelling reward still needs a realistic production and fulfillment plan. Funding is not the same as profit.
Try it: Sketch one reward tier. Estimate production, fees, shipping and contingency, then write down what you can deliver and when.
Lesson 3 · 11:38
Chris demonstrates keyword research with Publisher Rocket. Our exercise connects search language with the actual reading experience your novel offers.
Take away: Use keyword ideas as research leads. Relevance matters more than adding popular phrases that misdescribe the book.
Try it: List five phrases a likely reader might search. Compare each with your premise and remove any that promise the wrong genre or experience.
Lesson 4 · 7:48
Chris addresses the need for a book-selling plan. Our exercise turns a broad ambition into one audience, one action and a review date.
Take away: A plan becomes useful when you can see what happened and decide what to change. Sales are never guaranteed.
Try it: Name your intended reader, one route to reach them, a spending limit and a review date. Choose one observable result to track.
Lesson 5 · 13:23
Chris revisits writing to market in 2026. His Write to Market resource also emphasizes genre research and reader expectations before drafting.
Take away: Research helps you understand the experience readers seek. It does not require copying another author’s plot.
Try it: Compare three recent books in one subgenre. Note their shared reader promises, then write one sentence explaining your original variation.
Lesson 6 · 7:38
The first blurb video opens a two-part topic. Our exercise focuses on the protagonist, the disruption and the stakes rather than a complete plot summary.
Take away: Give a prospective reader a clear reason to care, while leaving the resolution inside the novel.
Try it: Draft three sentences: who wants what, what blocks them, and what failure costs. Remove backstory that does not sharpen that conflict.
Lesson 7 · 17:27
The second blurb video is explicitly an examples session. Apply the topic to your own copy by comparing two distinct ways to present the same story.
Take away: Compare versions against the novel’s actual promise. A stronger hook should remain truthful to the book.
Try it: Write two opening hooks for your blurb. Ask a genre reader what story each suggests, then revise any mismatch.
Lesson 8 · 14:47
Chris covers fast novel self-editing and links to his writing resources. Our exercise makes an editing session manageable by giving it a single purpose.
Take away: A focused pass needs a defined question and a stopping point. Fast editing still requires human judgment.
Try it: Pick one scene and check only goal, resistance and consequence. Log the structural changes before polishing individual sentences.
ImagineYourBook selected Chris for connecting imaginative genre storytelling with practical systems for writing, understanding readers and planning a publishing career.
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