Whose Fantasy Is This Anyway? Part 5 – Tactics to Help Readers Identify Your ‘Brand’ or How Many Fantasy Subgenres Can Dance on the Head of a Pin? And Who’s Counting? This is the fifth and final posting of a five part series about authors navigating fantasy’s many overlapping subgenres (see also postings for parts … Continue reading Whose Fantasy Is This Anyway? Part 5 →

Whose Fantasy Is This Anyway? Part 4 – The Special Challenges of Blending Genres This is the fourth of a five part series about authors navigating fantasy’s many overlapping subgenres (see also parts 1, 2 and 3: Whose Fantasy Is This Anyway? Part 3  Whose Fantasy Is This Anyway? Part 2  Whose Fantasy Is This … Continue reading Whose Fantasy Is This Anyway? Part 4 →

Whose Fantasy Is This Anyway? Part 3 – The Paranormal Problem This is the third of a five part series about authors navigating fantasy’s many overlapping subgenres (please also see  Whose Fantasy Is This Anyway? Part 1   Whose Fantasy Is This Anyway? Part 2 ). Given the prevalence of paranormal fantasy novels, authors writing any other … Continue reading Whose Fantasy Is This Anyway? Part 3 →

Whose Fantasy Is This Anyway? Part 1: The Challenge This is the first of a five part series about authors navigating fantasy’s many overlapping subgenres. Fantasy authors face a challenge: ensuring that potential readers know which subgenre(s) their work fits into. For better or worse, book buyers’ purchasing decisions, particularly for lesser-known authors, are driven … Continue reading Whose Fantasy Is This Anyway? Part 1 →