So what is it about bandit girls? There are plenty of real-life stories about women who have taken up sword and pistol to join the ranks of villains. Pearl Hart robbed stagecoaches in the US West. Phoolan Devi was India’s Bandit Queen. That’s why I’m happy that my Yvienne Mederos Read more…
Update11/21/20: In my semi-regular series of posts for NaNo, I’m reboosting my post on magic. Usual disclosure: This is my theory of magic in fantasy. There are other points of view. I personally do not find magic systems with rules to be particularly appealing, but many authors and readers clearly Read more…
Watching the third season of Anne with an E, I had a ton of mixed feelings. The first season felt like a betrayal, and I made that clear in my blog post here. The second season, I felt like I got what the creators were doing – creating literature for Read more…