I had maybe half a dozen blog posts, mostly about epic fantasy, planned all throughout…that gestures at the world but I kept putting it off. There’s a limit to how much one can say about things and sometimes all one wants to do is curl up in a ball in the corner of one’s bed …
“The true story, as always, is in the details.” –Jaeth’s Eye They’re Really Crowning Her – Prologue “It’s finally happening, isn’t it?” Angko’s father told the pig-buyer the day he came to pick up the piglets. “They’re actually crowning her queen. I would’ve thought the Ikessars would have her assassinated by now.” “Watch your mouth,” …
The year is drawing to a close, and I’m briefly breaking social media hiatus to do a year-end update. This is the year where I made the move from an author setting her own time and doing her own thing, to an author working with a team and meeting deadlines. It’s been great. The Orbit …
I write epic fantasy. Not “diverse fantasy.” Even though it fits under that category for those looking to “expand their palate” or whatever. But I hate those words, and in private I never actually think that about my work. The dance I do to appeal to “diverse” readers is a systemic thing and I can’t …
I‘ve been on an PoC-authored book reading binge this year, which let me tell you, has been so refreshing it’s made me see the world in a different way lately. From Kacen Callender’s Queen of the Conquered, Evan Winter’s The Rage of Dragons, to Rin Chupeco’s The Bone Witch (with its lyrical prose that is …
