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BFS Online: Crafting Characters – Heroes and Villains
Stories are driven by conflict, by the battle between good and evil, and fought in the morally…
BFS Online: Crafting Characters – Supporting Cast
You know who your protagonist and antagonist are, but what about the rest? How do you create…
BFS Online: Crafting Characters – Animals & Environments as Characters
How do you build a character that isn’t human – or humanoid? What if they don’t even…
BFS Online: Crafting Characters – Readings
We have six readings from a range of authors – fantasy, science fiction and horror – to…
Why I Love Buffy – Even Though She’s Not Black!
Connection. Disconnection. Reconnection. These are themes that run through all of us. Yes, representation matters – but…
Planning a Series: Notes from a Fantasycon Panel
Andrew Knighton was furiously scribbling notes during Fantasycon sessions; here, he shares insights from the Planning a…
Meet Dominic Miles
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at…
Categories: Member profile
Ask an Agent: November 2024
In this monthly column, we check in with one of our resident agent, Laura Bennett of the…
Categories: Guest post
My First Fantasycon: Author Edition
A month on from Chester, Marve Michael Anderson reflects on her first Fantasycon – especially as an…
The BFS Book Club is Reading: The Silverblood Promise
Yet another perk of joining the BFS: get to know some of the best new speculative fiction…