Worldbuilding Around My Culture: Why It’s Not As Simple As Calling My Work “Filipino Fantasy”

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Whenever I talk about my worldbuilding, I mention that it uses a lot of “Asian settings,” as opposed to the usual European-centric fantasy that is all-too common in the genre. But it’s not just specifically Asian fantasy; there’s a lot of cultures at play, all of which provide the appropriate background for whatever character-centric drama …

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Confessions of an Asian-Canadian Fantasy Writer

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I write about “people of colour.” I didn’t know this was a thing, back when I first started. As far as I was concerned, I wrote about “people” and that was that. I only later realized–somewhat belatedly–that I was writing “diverse fiction.” I’m still not sure about what I think about this. On a certain …

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