My World Fantasy Con Wrap-Up

Posted by on Nov 5, 2012 | 2 comments

Check out my World Fantasy Con wrap-up, posted over on the Enchanted Inkpot blog today!  Here’s just a small taste:

Favourite Quotes from WFC

“If you think teenagers aren’t having sex, I wish you’d been my parents.”  Laura Anne Giman when asked whether there was too much sex in YA.
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“Horror is the literature of hopelessness; fantasy is the literature of hope.”  Patricia Briggs.  (Horror writer Sephira Giron disagreed!)
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“In horror you survive; in fantasy you triumph.”  Tanya Huff
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“When I picture urban fantasy, I think of the bastard love child between fantasy and romance.” S. M. Stirling
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“If you can remove the romance and still have a plot it’s urban fantasy; if you can’t, it’s paranormal romance.” Ginjer Buchanan
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“Reality is a crutch for people who can’t handle fantasy.” Geoff Hart
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“One of the great things about fantasy is that it is metaphor actualized.  (In a changeling story) not only do you feel alien; you are alien.”  Holly Black
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“For me, fantasy is a way into philosophy; it’s the way to grapple with the big questions.”  Isobelle Carmody

 

2 Comments

  1. Hi Lena! I stopped by your table on Friday night to tell you that Witchlanders was next in my “to-be-read” pile, and that I was looking forward to reading it. I wanted to let you know that I finished reading it on my way home Sunday, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I understand about wanting to move on and write other things, but please don’t take too long in coming back to a sequel. I want to know what happens to Ryder and Falpian!

    • Thanks Amy! So glad you enjoyed Witchlanders. I will certainly get back to the Witchlanders world someday, though I might not have Ryder and Falpian as main characters.

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