Thank you so much to all of last week’s guests for making it another great week of essays (plus one cover reveal)!
The last two guest posts of this year’s Women in SF&F Month will be going up on Monday and Tuesday. But before announcing the schedule, here are last week’s essays in case you missed any of them.
All of the guest posts from April 2022 can be found here, and last week’s guest posts were:
- “Why SFF?: Lies, Truths, and the Story Between Them” — Chelsea Abdullah (The Stardust Thief) wrote about how oral storytelling, Arab representation in SFF, and blurred lines between truth and fiction had roles in inspiring the personal story of her upcoming debut novel.
- “Out of the Maze” — Jenn Lyons (A Chorus of Dragons) shared how Tenar’s story in The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin had an impact on her.
- Ruthanna Emrys (The Innsmouth Legacy) discussed writing a story that reflected her experiences as a parent and combining parenting with first contact in her upcoming “diaperpunk” novel, A Half-Built Garden.
- “Divorcing the Evil Stepmother” — Vaishnavi Patel (Kaikeyi) analyzed the evil stepmother trope and discussed telling a story from the perspective of one of these characters in her upcoming debut novel.
- “The Reason” — Davinia Evans (Notorious Sorcerer) shared about her thought process when deciding to include more women in her upcoming fantasy debut novel—and the Notorious Sorcerer cover was revealed along with her guest post!
And there are two more guest posts to come, starting tomorrow morning! These are by:
April 25: Kritika H. Rao (The Surviving Sky)
April 26: Aparna Verma (The Boy with Fire)
