9 Things I Wish I’d Known about Writing from the Beginning
Rebekah Loper
The other day, I had a lovely conversation with a friend who is also a writer. We both have very similar writing styles, but arrived there from two completely different…
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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…
So What’s The Fuss About Campaign Cartographer?
Adrian Faulkner
The map has been a feature of many a fantasy novel for over a hundred years. Whether it be Tolkien’s Middle-Earth or George RR Martin’s Westeros, fantasy fans have poured…
Terry Pratchett attacked by Guardian Journalist Jonathan Jones…
Overlord
A disappointing article appeared in The Guardian today entitled “Get real. Terry Pratchett is not a literary genius“. The journalist who wrote the piece, Jonathan Jones, begins by telling readers…
Authors & Stories Announced for Warrior Women edited by Paula Guran
We love our Science Fiction and Fantasy anthologies here at Fantasy-Faction and although the title ‘Warrior Women‘ for Paula Guran’s upcoming collection had us a little concerned, we’ve been able…
Magic: The Gathering – A Fantasy Lover’s Perspective
Shambralyn Baker
There are lots of games out there for fans of fantasy, both video and table-top. Dungeons & Dragons is probably the most well-known table top fantasy game, but Wizards of…
Gender and Stereotyping in Fantasy – Part Two: Switching Roles
Leo Elijah Cristea
In the first part of this series we began to explore a couple of points, not least of all the idea that we are creating a new kind of gender…
Fantasy Influences: Ancient Greek Mythology – Part One
Victoria Hooper
When we think of typical fantasy, we tend to imagine a setting influenced by western medieval ideas, complete with knights, horses, longswords and dragons. However, there are much deeper, older…
New Joe Abercrombie book announced!
So, Joe Abercrombie’s Young Adult trilogy has now finished. Although 5 years ago we’d never have entertained the idea that Joe would go down the YA route we were so…
2015 Hugo Awards: No Dogs Allowed?
Eric Christensen
On Saturday night, the winners of the 2015 Hugo Awards (and the not-a-Hugo John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer) were announced as part of the 73rd World Science…
Hugo 2015 Award Winners
Jennie Ivins
Tonight the winners of the 2015 Hugo Awards were announced, along with the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Congratulations to all the winners! And if you are…
Does Size Matter In Epic Fantasy?
Dan Hanks
This year I decided to do something crazy—compete in an online writing contest called Pitch Wars. Run by the wonderful Brenda Drake, this is where unpublished writers query a selection…