Oliver has one novella dev edit on offer, and frankly? You wouldn't have mine in its taut, tight condition, efficiently finished, without his development edit. He helped me structure, helped knead in my themes. What misshapen thing might my novella have been if not for Oliver? Greatly recommended.
Two novellas, one book - Double-Edged, Mongolian inspired, Sword & Sorcery! WASTE FLOWERS is by @brynhammond.bsky.social@gorangligovic.bsky.social@vor-bokor.bsky.socialwww.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
It's the last weekend of Sapphic September, so there's only 4 more days until my sapphic knight romantasy books go back to full price! Get three high heat novellas in a queernorm Arthuriana world for only 5 dollars, or buy each book for only 2 dollars each ⚔️ itch.io/s/131167/swo...
Queer people in historical settings? As a case study, LGBTQ+ in the age of Chinggis Khan? How do you research that, how do you write them? I discuss these questions with Eric de Roulet. Includes the line, ‘This is rot, even though you can read it in fifty history books.’
Wrapping up a wide-ranging interview with @brynhammond.bsky.social. Gender and sexuality in Mongolia. How queer people haven't only existed in modern times. How the "barbarian" is depicted in historical fic and S&S. Temujin as "fairly sliding-scale in the matter of gender." Check it out:
This is part two of an interview with Bryn Hammond about her upcoming novella Waste Flowers, as well as writing craft in historical fiction (and sword & sorcery, as Waste Flowers arguably straddles th...
There’s a superb in-depth interview with Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social@eric.sadbutbuildingworlds.blogsadbutbuildingworlds.blog/2024/09/20/w...
“World-building,” as I see the word used in conversation among writers, broadly seems to be viewed as a phenomenon specific to writing science fiction and fantasy. To write an SFF novel, first you …
Gender, sexuality, and marginalized lives in historical fiction: An interview with Bryn Hammond, part 2 sadbutbuildingworlds.blog/2024/09/26/g...
Books and cheese for me! (Cheesecake also counts in this, am I right?)
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