A writer friend of mine has been teaching a writing course at the local joint vocational school for a couple of years now. A number of her students have written books that went on to be published. Occasionally she will show me some of their manuscripts, particularly if she’s having difficulty assessing the publishability.

One particular manuscript had her stymied. The writing was impeccable. The text flowed from one subject to the next. It was clear the woman knew her subject intimately. Therein lay the problem.

While the first two sections of the book were on creation and use of magick talismans and magick amulets & charms, in the last section she described in detail magick spells & rituals to raise the dead!

I said, “Give her an ‘A’ and tell her no one will publish her book, but if she makes it fiction, she’ll have a bestseller.” And we were right.