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Using the Real in Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Humor but now that the noveltyThe usual writing advice write what you know" doesn't seem to apply to speculative fiction, but in fact our world can certainly inspire and inform your writing. Learn how to incorporate our real world into your science fiction and fantasy. INSTRUCTOR BIO: New Zealand born fantasy writer and podcaster Philippa (Pip) Ballantine is the author of the Books of the Order and the Shifted World series. She is also the co author, with her husband Tee Morris,