The eleventh annual Women in SF&F Month is now officially underway—thank you so much to all of last week’s guests!
More guest posts are coming up Monday–Friday of this week, too. But before announcing the schedule, here are last week’s essays in case you missed any of them.
All of the guest posts from April 2022 can be found here, and last week’s guest posts were:
- “What Makes a Hero?” — Traci Chee (A Thousand Steps into Night, The Reader) wrote about realizing that the hero’s journey didn’t quite fit the arc she wanted for her latest novel—and discussed reconsidering some of our ideas about heroism.
- “We Are All a Little Morally Gray” — Deborah Falaye (Blood Scion) shared some thoughts on having morally gray female characters in YA fiction and discussed making one the protagonist of her own YA fantasy debut novel.
- “On Developing a Non-Combat Focused Magic System and Addressing Issues of Inequality Through Storytelling” — Judy I. Lin (A Magic Steeped in Poison, A Venom Dark and Sweet) discussed the tea-based magic system and worldbuilding in her debut novel.
- Tara Sim (The City of Dusk, Scavenge the Stars) shared about how she became a fantasy reader and writer, particularly how Alanna: The First Adventure gave her a love for girls with swords that had an influence on her latest novel.
- “Give Me Messy Heroines” — S. A. Barnes (Dead Silence, Project Paper Doll) discussed wanting stories about flawed, imperfect heroines and writing about these types of characters in her own work.
And there will be more guest posts throughout the week, starting tomorrow! This week’s guest posts are by:
April 11: Mary McMyne (The Book of Gothel, Wolf Skin)
April 12: Tanvi Berwah (Monsters Born and Made, “Escape“)
April 13: Rachel Gillig (One Dark Window)
April 14: Saara El-Arifi (The Final Strife)
April 16: Kimberly Unger (The Extractionist, Nucleation)
