I was once chased around my parents’ kitchen by a friend of my father’s. But I’ll come back to that. One of my favorite things to do when I was a kid was to leaf through a 25-year collection of … Continue reading
Daily Archives: April 10, 2018
Worldbuilding is one of the great pleasures of writing science fiction and fantasy — and also one of its greatest challenges. Award-winning fantasy author Marie Brennan draws on her academic training in anthropology to peel back the layers of a setting, going past the surface details to explore questions many authors never think to answer. She invites you to consider the endless variety of real-world cultures — from climate to counterfeiting, from sumptuary laws to slang — and the equally endless possibilities speculative fiction has to offer.
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