All fiction, but especially fantasy and sci-fi, relies on the reader’s “willing suspension of disbelief.” What the heck is that, though?

How do you know if you've got too much info dumping in your novel? How much is too much, anyway? And how do you fix it?

New series alert! This is the start of “From the Editing Files,” a series where I talk about some of the topics that come up in my...