Sometime last year, when the lockdown was taking up most of my brain space, I decided it was better to just make the most out of all that “free time” re-releasing my first epic fantasy book. Or, rather, the entire trilogy, which starts out with that first book, Jaeth’s Eye. Which sounds like a much …
“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,” …
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 …
The worldbuilding in the epic fantasy world of Agos-agan, which is the world of both Annals of the Bitch Queen and The Agartes Epilogues, is heavily inspired by my own culture. And one of the things I wanted to write about is the matriarchal flavour of many of the societies in it, which sets them …
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