As I sat down on the eve of the official publication date of Women of Futures Past, I am filled with mixed emotions. I’m pleased the book is finally out. I did a lot of work to find the right…
Author: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Publishers Weekly Loves The Women of Futures Past
Great news! Publishers Weekly, the trade journal of the publishing industry, has given Women of Futures Past a starred boxed review. That’s the highest honor the magazine gives. It’ll also encourage libraries and bookstores to order the book. The magazine…
Here We Go Again
Apparently, BBC Radio 4 recently declared that men write alternate history, not women. Where does this stuff come from? Fortunately, Shannon Selin wrote a blog post to set the record straight. Head on over for some good reading. (And full…
A Request
A lot is happening behind the scenes for Women of Futures Past, the book that started this website. Baen is going to invest in some serious marketing on this, so we’re getting ready to do that. One thing I want…
Guest Blog by Leah Cutter
Our final guest blog associated with the Women in Fantasy Storybundle comes from Leah Cutter. Like some of the other writers this past week, Leah published her first novel, Paper Mage, in this century. The novel, set in T’ang dynasty…
Guest Blog by Laura Anne Gilman
For our penultimate guest blog by one of the writers in the Women in Fantasy Storybundle, we present Laura Anne Gilman. Laura Anne has worked in the sf field for a long time. I first met her when she was…
Ursula K. Le Guin Kickstarter Project
Let me call your attention to a Kickstarter that’s precisely the kind of thing we need. A documentary about Ursula K. Le Guin. The filmmakers need just a bit more funding to get this project off the ground. They’re close,…
Guest Blog by Judith Tarr
For her second guest blog on this site, Judith Tarr, shares a bit about her influences. She says that her first novel, The Isle of Glass, which appeared in 1985, is a medieval fantasy that owed a great deal to…
Guest Blog by Anthea Sharp
Anthea Sharp writes under a variety of names and in a variety of genres, like so many of the women who are participating in the Women in Fantasy Storybundle. Anthea got her start in traditional publishing, but she has had…
Guest Blog by Robin Brande
Fantasy thrives in the young adult genre. So many adult readers miss great stories that, twenty years ago, would have been published in the fantasy genre without a young adult label. One of my goals with the Women in Fantasy…