Several years ago, back when “the blogosphere” was still a thing, I participated in a 30-day blogging challenge, where I went through the alphabet talking about various aspects of science fiction. Not only was it a lot of fun, but I also made a book out of it, which I later revised and made into a reader magnet exclusively for my newsletter subscribers.
Well, it’s been a few years, and I’ve since decided that instead of being a science fiction writer who occasionally writes fantasy, I want to be a fantasy writer who occasionally writes science fiction. But in order to make that pivot, I need to change my newsletter magnet into something that isn’t explicitly about science fiction.
So what I plan to do is write a series of blog posts exploring the fantasy genre from A to Z. I probably won’t do it in less than thirty days, because 1) life with small children is pretty crazy, and 2) I want to put some serious thought into it. But I will probably have them all up by the summer, at which point I’ll turn it into an ebook and make it my new reader magnet for the newsletter, replacing Science Fiction from A to Z.
So that’s the plan. Are there any particular letters you’d like to see? I need to brainstorm ideas for the tropes and aspects of fantasy that I’d like to cover. I have a few ideas already, like “M is for Magic” and “E is for Epic,” but I’m open to more.
Just for fun, when I asked the wordpress AI assistant to come up with a featured image for this post, this is what it came up with:
Not too bad, though if you look closely enough, it’s obviously AI art. But it should be fun to come up with a cover image for this one. I’ll do that first.
