Franchise writing with Una McCormack

Franchise writing with Una McCormack

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe basic principles of writing a book are simple – come up with an idea, write it. Of course, it isn’t really that simple, it is a lot of hard work, but that’s about the size of it, right? Well, not...
FantasyCon 2019: Women vs. the world

FantasyCon 2019: Women vs. the world

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThis year has been an incredibly busy one for the BtGS girls, so when it came time to do our annual live episode at FantasyCon we decided to do something a little different. We threw caution to the wind and went for...
Women’s jobs in science fiction

Women’s jobs in science fiction

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWith equality of pay and the drive to get more women in top executive jobs reaching the headlines in our current era, does the world of the future have women in the same roles they occupy now, or do they have them in...
Violence as climactic conflict

Violence as climactic conflict

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSAll stories require conflict of some kind… but does it always need to be violent conflict? There is certainly a trend in fantasy, science fiction, and horror to find narratives driving towards a massive violent...