by Casey.L.Blair | Aug 5, 2020 | Promotion, Schedule
I’m the Programming Director for 4th Street Fantasy, and since we couldn’t physically hold the conference this year I put together a mini-slate of panel-style podcasts instead! They’re FREE FOR EVERYONE, so download away...
by Casey.L.Blair | Aug 1, 2020 | Promotion
For my Sirens faculty interview, Faye Bi started out by asking me, “If you had to describe your “reading profile” to a stranger (or to a bookseller, librarian, or other gatekeeper), what would you list as some of your favorite themes, subgenres, or tropes in...
by Casey.L.Blair | Jul 28, 2020 | Promotion
My wonderful co-authors for the Swift the Chase anthology of fantasy chase scenes in diverse worlds organized a giveaway! You can enter to win a $20 gift card to a bookstore of your choice. International entries welcome; your bookstore just has to have an option to...
by Casey.L.Blair | Jul 26, 2020 | Promotion, Schedule
I suddenly have a whole bunch of news to share all at once! First up are some updates about Sirens Conference. I was invited to be a workshop instructor at this year’s Sirens Studio, and leading up to the conference they put together a really fantastic set...
by Casey.L.Blair | May 26, 2020 | Promotion
Hopepunk is a term coined by Alexandra Rowland as a counterpoint to the grimdark trend, but hopepunk doesn’t mean fluffy. As their Be The Serpents podcast co-host Jennifer Mace once put it, the “punk” part of the term is load-bearing. That means...
by Casey.L.Blair | May 18, 2020 | Promotion
I am an enormous language nerd, including studying both Old English and Japanese. So when I learned the Old English word “dustsceawung” it hit a lot of my nerd buttons at once! Dustsceawung translates to “consideration of the dust”—thus the...
