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After its founding 1971, the BFS held its first Fantasycon in 1975. We take a look back at the…
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A quarter way through this century and it’s time for a review! How has horror changed since the coming…
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Imagined worlds are often inspired by real-world locations, people and circumstances. Fantasy writers draw from experience to create new…
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Anywhere you have people you have politics and society, so what system to choose? Monarchy or feudal? Republic or…
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We see different types of magic in our fictional worlds, but which is best? Hard or soft? Should there…
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With an estimated 10,000 distinct religions worldwide and a whole host of mythologies to choose from, how do we…
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Stories are driven by conflict, by the battle between good and evil, and fought in the morally grey. How…
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You know who your protagonist and antagonist are, but what about the rest? How do you create secondary characters…
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How do you build a character that isn’t human – or humanoid? What if they don’t even have a…
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Grief, sex and violence are a part of the human experience, for good or for ill. As a writer,…
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