By Judith Tarr To the non-horse person, a horse is pretty much just a horse. There’s the really big one like the beer-wagon Clydesdale and the really little one like the Mini doing therapy at the hospital. Then there’s the one that races and the cowboy one. And the wild one. The rest are black, […]
Read More Fantasy Equines: Where There’s a Form, There’d Better Be a FunctionIt’s my pleasure to share with you the complete playlist of the Virtual Fantasy Con’s 2017 panel discussions. I had the honour of hosting three of them: Gender Issues in Fantasy, Realism in Fantasy Warfare, and Fantasy Mashups; you’ll find those ones near the end of the list. I’d like to thank all of the […]
Read More Virtual Fantasy Con 2017: Complete Panel Playlist #VFC17The last of the three panels I had the honour of hosting for the Virtual Fantasy Con this year! In this one we discuss fantasy mashups. What happens when you blend fantasy with another genre? What are the benefits and the drawbacks? And at what point does a blend become a genre of its own? […]
Read More Virtual Fantasy Con 2017: Fantasy Mashups PanelThis is the second of three panels I had the privilege of hosting for the Virtual Fantasy Con 2017, and this one just might be my favourite. I was honoured to have a truly expert panel at my disposal, whose background and expertise included both studied and practical, hands-on experience. From logistics experts to medieval […]
Read More Virtual Fantasy Con 2017: Realism in Fantasy Warfare PanelThe Time Machine & The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells My rating: 5 of 5 stars I read a combined edition of these two books for the SF Masterworks Reading Challenge and the Science Fiction Masterworks Book Club here on Goodreads. The Time Machine Read for the Need to Reread Challenge. I have, […]
Read More Book Review: The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsThis article is part of the Science in Sci-fi, Fact in Fantasy blog series. Each week, we tackle one of the scientific or technological concepts pervasive in sci-fi (space travel, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, etc.) with input from an expert. Please join the mailing list to be notified every time new content is posted. About the Expert Hayley Stone received a Bachelor’s degree in […]
Read More 5 Facts About the American Old WestBy Dan Koboldt It’s hard to put a number on how many books I’ve read that feature characters in the woods. Sometimes they’re fleeing, sometimes chasing, sometimes just looking for something to eat. As someone who spends a lot of time in the woods, I should tell you that most authors get it wrong. Here […]
Read More 10 Things Writers Don’t Know About the WoodsThis article is part of the Science in Sci-fi, Fact in Fantasy blog series. Each week, we tackle one of the scientific or technological concepts pervasive in sci-fi (space travel, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, etc.) with input from an expert. Read the full article at Dan Koboldt.
Read More Poisons in SFFOriginally posted on Traveling Light:
Visit me at the Virtual Fantasy Con Sunday, Oct. 9 !! https://www.facebook.com/events/518395788285240/?active_tab=posts I’ve been having some conversations with writers about writing fight scenes, and I thought it might be a good idea to put some information out there. A lot of writers write fight scenes that are, to be honest,…
Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read for the SF Masterworks Challenge and the Science Fiction Masterworks Book Club. This was amazingly subversive at the time that it was written. And I suppose that a person who was raised Christian or Jewish might find it mind-blowingly subversive even now. […]
Read More Book Review: Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock
Diane Morrison 