Guest Post by Steve Thomas: Kay’s Books Are Sad. Read Mine Instead.

Kay’s Books Are Sad. Read Mine Instead. “Hi. I’m Steve Thomas. You might recognize me from tormenting Kay in social media or, if I’m lucky, from my comic fantasy books. When Kay invited me to write a guest post for her blog, my first thought was, “What do I have to say that her readers …

Epic Fantasy Ramblings: Culture, Tangled Relationships, and Grey Characters

One of the most interesting things I’ve learned writing epic fantasy novels is realizing just how deeply people apply their own worldview on things. So that if something doesn’t “match,” it feels off. I write from the perspective of someone who grew up, and is still surrounded, by a culture that emphasizes getting along and …

The Rage of Dragons

If you haven’t had a chance to read Evan Winter’s Rage of Dragons yet, you really should. Everyone’s talking about it and you want to be one of the cool kids who’s read it before Evan becomes the next big thing (and he’s well on his way up there!).     I inhaled this one …

PoC Need More Nuanced Stories

I am Filipino. I come from a nation colonized since its inception. My people went through three waves of invaders, one after another, before we found freedom hundreds and hundreds of years later. This history has ensured an imbalance–the people in power are corrupt, many with families who have acquired their wealth by taking advantage …