I'm reading the first book – an Advance Reader Copy, no less! – of Helen Lowe's keenly anticipated Wall of Night series, The Heir of Night. Enjoying it enormously so far. It's classic fantasy, complete with a more-than-usually-interesting proto-heroine in Malian. But there are twists that I recognise as uniquely Helen – the semi martial-arts …
Science Fiction (denial) is alive and well
I was sent a link to an interesting article about science fiction's position with the literary mainstream:Why science fiction authors just can't win. Posted using ShareThis I'd never really thought about how to classify books like The Handmaid's Tale and 1984, other than as “distopian” (which tends to acquire the suffix “fantasy” by default). (And …
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Free Workshop – Helen Lowe: Writing Fantastic Fiction
News just in of a very interesting sounding workshop for all of us who yearn to write that fantasy or science fiction novel: Award-winning author, Helen Lowe, runs a workshop on “Writing Fantastic Fiction”, focusing on Fantasy and Sci-Fi. The session includes discussions and exercises on the essential elements of 'fantastic world building', structure and …
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A Dark Feathered Art 