The final panel of the day, after a quick lunch, focused on the roles of female characters and their relationships. I recognised a writer from WFC13, who was appearing on the panel, and had a chat with her before it began. Panellists were: …
The Sword of Souls: A Review
Back in March, I talked about the first book in the Forgotten Relics series, by Ellie Di Julio. And today, Book 2 is released. It’s even better than the first. Cora Riley got a second chance. Time to see how she uses it. …
FC14 Panel: Gentleman Thieves, Loveable Pirates and Sex(y) Tricksters
*The actual programme said “sex tricksters”, and thus this is how I shall forever refer to it. Third panel of day one: and one I don’t feel I need to introduce. It was essentially “These people (see title); Why do …
FC14 Panel: The Pen vs The Sword
Following the economics panel, I went to the pen versus the sword: a panel which included ‘demonstrations’ and a lot of discussion about how to choreograph fight scenes in novels. Panellists were: Marc Aplin, Fran Terminiello, Juliet E McKenna, Adrian Tchaikovsky …
FC14 Panel: But Does It Make Sense?
The first panel I attended was Saturday morning — a panel on economics, because I’ve never really tackled currency in my drafts, and because I’m interested in the implications of events on culture. So I sat down for the first panel, …
Lessons from my Second Con: FantasyCon2014
Last weekend, I attended my second convention. FantasyCon, which was held up in York, was the first convention that required me to plan travel, stay in a hotel, eat out and return books because I couldn’t get them all home. It was also …