The Cake is a Lie: Why Winning Isn’t Always a Happy Ending
Kameron Hurley
Sometimes I suspect I’m not truly American, because I harbor a dark secret. Unlike most of my countryfolk, I don’t much care for the neat, syrupy, happy ending. It just…
Guest Blogs
The Traitor: A Quiz
Seth Dickinson
Dear Fantasy Faction, Hi! I’m Seth, author of The Traitor Baru Cormorant (or The Traitor in the UK), an epic geopolitical revenge fantasy about a brilliant and ruthless young woman’s…
The Sequel Philip K. Dick Couldn’t Write
Peter Tieryas
We are excited to hand you guys over to Peter Tieryas who has kindly agreed to stop by Fantasy-Faction and tell us a bit about the inspiration for and motivation…
Loss of Identity in Twelve Kings
Bradley Beaulieu
Today we welcome a good friend of ours, Bradley Beaulieu, to Fantasy-Faction. Bradley’s new novel Twelve Kings has been picking up incredible reviews across the Blogosphere and we wanted to…
Gail Z. Martin & Larry N. Martin Interview
Gail Z. Martin
In honor of the launch of Iron & Blood, we thought we would ask bestselling author Gail Z. Martin and co-author Larry N. Martin to interview each other about their…
The History In Your Fantasy
John Gwynne
My third book, titled Ruin, is published in the UK on 16th July. Now, that may not mean much to a lot of you guys, but to me, it’s OUTRAGEOUS!…
And tonight’s award goes to . . . Meh.
Stephen Hunt
Following the mass-interest of M.D. Lachlan’s recent Nutty Nuggets post on Fantasy-Faction, we asked around amongst our author friends as to whether there were any more thoughts on the whole…
Breakfast of Bullshit: Futurephobia, the Hugos and the Invention of SF’s Past
M.D. Lachlan
Today we have a guest blog by MD Lachlan who has a lot to say about the recent Hugo fiasco. Many of you will be familiar with Mark, who has…
How to Write Good Dialogue: Courtesy of Mass Effect
Marc Turner
Here’s a question for you. You’re reading a book and the pace starts to drag, but you’re still curious to know what happens next. What do you do? The answer…
Suicide: More Than a Plot Device
Peter Orullian
When I built the world for my fantasy series, The Vault of Heaven, I intentionally made it a dire place. Not bleak, I don’t think. At least, not all of…
Genres: Stirring The Pot
Peter Higgins
I was a reader for decades before I began to really work at becoming a writer. Ever since I was a boy I read anything I could get my hands…
The Soundtrack to Starborn
Lucy Hounsom
So this post is slightly embarrassing, as I’m about to reveal to you some of the music I enjoy listening to. There are lots of elements to cover in Starborn,…