5 Tips For Writing A Swashbuckling Scene by V.E. Schwab
Overlord
V.E. Schwab is an author comfortable writing all kinds of stories. Over the years, these tales have included those for young readers within secondary worlds, a dark story of super…
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The Diversity of Today’s Cutting Edge Sci-Fi
Sonia Grace
When we talk about science fiction we divide it up. It’s too big for a single shelf, we have to break it into subgenres and swallow it in pieces. There’s…
My Experience Publishing With Angry Robot
Peter Tieryas
Today, Peter Tieryas, author of United States of Japan coming from Angry Robot in March, has been kind enough to share his journey from a short story writer struggling with…
Five Legendary Swords of Fantasy Fiction
Helen Lowe
This was meant to be a post about five legendary weapons of Fantasy fiction – but when I started counting them off on my fingers, there were other styles of…
FANTASY TV DOWN UNDER: NEW ZEALAND IS MORE THAN MIDDLE EARTH
Nicola Alter
Nowadays putting fantasy fiction and New Zealand in the same sentence is hardly unusual. As the home of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and the subsequent Hobbit movies,…
When Does Magic Stop Being Magical?
Marc Turner
Many years ago, I did a bit of role-playing. I played various characters in that time, but my favourite one – and the one I advanced to the highest level…
The Copper Cat has a face
For many years, one of Fantasy-Faction’s most beloved authors, Jen Williams, has had her books stranded here on our little island. Despite us Brits raving about Jen’s sword & sorcery…
Plot Holes and How to Fix Them
Victoria Hooper
whWhatever kind of fantasy you’re writing, sooner or later you’re going to come up against the dreaded issue that can bring your whole book to a screeching halt. That is…
A Renewed Focus
Excuse the personal post here, if you don’t know me very well you probably want to skip it! 🙂 Some of you may have noticed that I’ve been a bit…
Getting Started In Scrivener
Adrian Faulkner
You’ve probably heard your fellow writers rave about the writing software, Scrivener. You may have even downloaded it and used a free trial. But if you are coming fresh to…
Sun Wukong, AKA The Monkey King
Wei Ming Kam
It’s Chinese New Year, and in honour of the Year of the Monkey, I’ve gathered some my favourite adaptations of the Monkey King stories. The Monkey King is one of…
A Guide to Banking in Fantasyland
This article may contain mild spoilers – though not what I would consider story-breaking spoilers – for The Folding Knife by K.J. Parker, Making Money by Terry Pratchett and Best…