Still Seeking Chloe and Olivia: How to Write Strong Female Characters
Decades after feminism became mainstream, the most common female character is still the girlfriend in peril. Why does this bias exist, and what can writers do to overcome it? If you don’t believe there is still a problem with how women are portrayed in genre fiction, this article will open your eyes.
Doing Tolkien Wrong: Why Fantasy Shouldn’t Follow in Tolkien’s Footsteps
Tolkien is the gold standard of fantasy fiction, if not its basis, as mile-long lists of paperbacks and whole gaming industries can attest. But at what point does this imitation cease to help the writer and the audience – or does it ever help at all?