Writing Tips and Writerly Musings

There's No Target in Middle Earth: The Economics of Fantasy

May 15th, 2023  |  Season 6  |  8 mins 52 secs

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In your fantasy setting, everything the characters own or interact with has to come from somewhere, from food and drink to durable goods. Let’s talk about how to build a believable material culture for your world.

Down the Rabbit Hole: The Appeal of Portal Fantasy

September 19th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  6 mins 41 secs

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Portal fantasy has always been popular. From tales of fairy circles to Narnia, we’ve always enjoyed watching people from familiar places enter fantastic realms.

At the titular panel at WorldCon2019, Seanan McGuire, Vina Prasad, Genevieve Cogman, and Kathryn Sullivan discussed what it was about portal fantasy that kept people coming back for more.