Epic Fantasy Ramblings: Badass Women, Strong Female Characters, and Why It Takes All Sorts to Make the World Go Round

Five years ago, I started writing this little book where I wanted to deconstruct the idea of a “strong female character” in epic fantasy. Down the rabbit hole I went. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I was going to end up encountering misogynistic responses to the work, in addition to having to …