Romance in Fantasy – Part One
Amy Rose Davis
I’ve said it before: I write romantic fantasy. I never start out a story intending to write romance, but somehow, romantic threads always show up. I used to fight this…
Amy Rose Davis
The Dreaded Adverb Problem
The poor adverb. No part of speech is more maligned than this little modifier. When authors want to insult each other, what do we do? We accuse each other of…
Rhythm and Time – Part 1: Give Your Writing a Beat of Its Own
I took seven years of piano lessons growing up. I have a terrible ear, and I never practiced enough to become technically adept, but I was always pretty good at…
Fantasy Relationship Building: From Real World to the Page
When I mentioned at the end of my last article that I was looking for some ideas for future columns, our esteemed Overlord suggested that I tackle romantic relationships in…
The Rulebreaker’s Guide to the Semicolon
When I started writing fiction again in November 2009, I just wrote. I didn’t care about what was okay, what was forbidden, and what was tolerable—I just purged my head…
Mom Always Liked You Best: Siblings in Fantasy
In the world of relationships, there may be no more complex, teeth-gnashing, frustrating, and glorious relationship than the one between siblings. If you have at least one sibling, you probably…
Parents and Children in Fantasy
Tis the Season for Novel Fodder: Parents and Children in Fantasy For many of us in the western world, December marks the annual party season that brings us in contact…
The Last Hurrah: A Farewell to Fantasy Faction
It is with a heavy heart that I write this, my final post for Fantasy-Faction. After much deliberation and consideration, I’ve come to the realization that in order to properly…
The Fantasy Feminist – Part 4
A comment from AE Marling on one of my recent blog posts about feminism in fantasy triggered some thoughts about another approach to bringing a feminist touch to our works—namely,…
THE FANTASY FEMINIST: PART 3
I have two apologies to make to Fantasy Faction readers. First, I apologize for my last article. I sort of phoned that one in. I realized it after I re-read…
The Fantasy Feminist: Part 2
I talked last week about what makes a strong character in general, but this week I want to be more specific about the kind of female characters I think we…
The Fantasy Feminist
In my last article, I mentioned that I needed some more ideas for my next several columns, and once again, Fantasy-Faction readers came through for me! I’m starting with a…