Women in SF&F Month 2020 is now underway—thank you so much to all of last week’s guests!
Before announcing next week’s schedule, here’s some information on the month so far in case you missed any of last week’s guest posts.
All of the guest posts from April 2020 can be found here, and in last week’s guest posts:
- Emily Skrutskie (Bonds of Brass, The Abyss Surrounds Us, Hullmetal Girls) discussed her love of badass moms as characters and six of her favorite badass mothers in science fiction and fantasy.
- CW (The Quiet Pond) shared about her journey as an artist and how it related to her journey with mental health in the story of the creation of her fantasy-themed book blog and its first animal caretaker(s).
- K.S. Villoso (The Chronicles of the Bitch Queen, The Agartes Epilogues, Blackwood Marauders) discussed starting with the idea that Queen Talyien, the protagonist of The Wolf of Oren-Yaro, was a badass—and how making her a badass went beyond giving her a sword.
- Jennifer Estep (Crown of Shards, Elemental Assassin, Mythos Academy) wrote about early influences on her writing, particularly Leia not being a Jedi in the original Star Wars movie trilogy prompting her to write the fantasy stories she wanted to tell.
And the recommendation list project has been updated and opened for new recommendations! In 2013, Renay from Lady Business asked readers to submit some of their favorite science fiction and fantasy books written by women and we’ve been collecting submissions every year since. After updating it to include last year’s submissions, the list now includes 2,710 titles, many of which have been recommended multiple times. (There’s one book that’s been recommended 58 times!) It’s also possible to add more books to the list: you can add up to 10 of your favorites (or, if you’ve already done that, 10 of your favorites read over the last year).
Next week, Women in SF&F Month 2020 continues with guest posts by:
April 13: Emily Suvada (This Mortal Coil, This Cruel Design, This Vicious Cure)
April 14: Isabel Ibañez (Woven in Moonlight)
April 15: A. K. Larkwood (The Unspoken Name)
April 16: Devin Madson (We Ride the Storm, In Shadows We Fall)
April 17: Katharine Kerr (The Deverry Cycle, Nola O’Grady, The Runemaster)
