Thanks to Lindsey Duncan for bringing it to my attention that it is once again almost time for Sword and Sorceress anthology submissions, which has become an annual Matter-of-Principal thing for me. I very much believe all out fun swords and sorcery stuff should be just as much a playground for the ladies.
The trick, and this is going to be a stretch for me, is to make sure it isn't grim. Which sounds easy when you just say it like that, but not-grim is really not my strong suit. The stories I'm familiar with from this anthology set actually seem to me to tend strongly towards what I would consider light fantasy.
Well, time to stretch, I guess.
Formula for a successful story: "A LIKABLE CHARACTER overcomes ALMOST INSUPERABLE ODDS and BY HIS OR HER OWN EFFORTS achieves a WORTHWHILE GOAL." - MZB
ReplyDeleteHmm. Not sure I'm in whole-hearted agreement, but I've not sold much, so it's worth given some consideration. I think I most often fail at the INSUPERABLE part. Perhaps I'm easily overwhelmed and discouraged and shrink at putting my likable characters through something that would flatten me :-).