Paksworld

Periodically there are online discussions (and arguments) about what constitutes epic fantasy, who can and can’t write epic fantasy, which books are or are not epic fantasy, why someone should (or should not) write or try to write epic fantasy, what settings work or don’t work for epic fantasy, etc.   Given my writing schedule, I usually hear about these weeks to months after they appear and far too late to add my two (hundred and thirty seven) cents to the discussion.   But a recent one (October of this year) in another venue, that I happened across by following links on Twitter about something else (you know how Twitter links jump topics, right?  It’s how I ended up following a bunch of shepherds in the UK) drove me to comment even though I was very late to the party.   It was a sensible, thoughtful, interesting discussion, and I thought I had something to add to it.

It also led me to think more analytically about my own thoughts on epic fantasy.    And here they are. Read the rest of this entry »