Disability and Imperfect People in Fantasy
Leo Elijah Cristea
A couple of days ago, Elspeth Cooper guest blogged at Bookworm Blues about a running theme in Songs of the Earth, the first in a fantasy series that has been…
Leo Elijah Cristea
Elves In Mythology and Fantasy
When most people think classic fantasy, they might think Tolkien, and then they might think elves. And with good reason: elves have been in fantasy for a very long time,…
Benedict Jacka Interview
It’s already been established that Fantasy-Faction is a fan of Benedict Jacka. Paul’s review was a sterling one and my personal review was pretty flattering too. It’s no wonder, really,…
Cinda Williams Chima Interview
Cinda Williams Chima is a YA high fantasy writer from Ohio, America. A New York Times bestselling author, Chima comes from a long line of fortune-tellers, musicians and spinners of…
Kelly McCullough – Interview
Kelly McCullough is an American writer with a lengthy SFF series at his back. His first series, the Ravirn series (alternatively called the WebMage series) has been on the shelves…
The Changing Face of SFF
Elspeth Cooper—author of Songs of the Earth—said “fantasy’s a broad church” and she couldn’t have been more right, especially in regards to the modern fantasy and science fiction market. If…
Interview with Mazarkis Williams
Mazarkis Williams is a brand new SFF writer, who burst onto the shelves in late October, with his début The Emperor’s Knife, the first of a smashing new trilogy—The Tower…
Chris Evans Interview
Chris Evans, military non-fiction editor and author of the completed Iron Elves Trilogy, is a Canadian writer whose first fantasy trilogy takes a look at what a classic fantasy world…
Worldbuilding for Fantasy Writers
Worldbuilding: that old mainstay of fantasy that is as much like Marmite as…well, Marmite. Some writers live for worldbuilding, for the meticulous crafting of worlds and settings which they subsequently…
Fantasy As Mythology
Let’s take a leaf from Tolkien’s book and consider the fantasy genre as a collection of mythologies representing a variety of fictional worlds. How do writers create these worlds and…
Blake Charlton Interview
Blake Charlton, author of Spellwright, the imminent Spellbound, and the forthcoming Spellbreaker, isn’t your usual kind of fantasy writer. Of course he’s as charming as the next writer, and has…
Elspeth Cooper Interview
Elspeth Cooper, brand new SFF author—with her novel just released in June this year—is a special brand of writer: she’s likeable, quirky, and she’s got a lot to say about…