Earlier this month, I resigned my position as Director’s Second of Fantasy Literature at Dragon Con. You can read my rationale at the time, reasoning I still stand behind solidly, on my website here: https://richardfife.com/2018/06/my-resignation-from-dragon-con/ In the several weeks since my decision, I have had numerous conversations with people I deeply respect, exploring my reasoning. […]

With Permission, I am posting this without comment so that it can still be seen. It had originally been posted to the Fantasy Literature at Dragon Con Facebook page, which was taken down by Facebook. For good reasons, Charlotte did not want to post this on her personal wall, so I am giving it a […]

The below is my resignation as Director’s Second of Fantasy Literature at Dragon Con, as I sent it in. For some quick context: The prior director had acted out of line and was due some form of censure, along the lines of public apology and a warning to chill. Instead of a transparent process, she […]

No, not Five years of Fife Ramblings. But Sunday, September 16 marks the five year anniversary of the death of a man who managed to shape the very fabric of my life without ever having been directly in it. I am speaking of Robert Jordan, the man whose writing inspired me to write. Today has […]

So, one of the comments to come out of the aforementioned “Strong Female Protagonists” panel at D*Con was that every needs to really buckle down and learn how to write a romantic subplot.  Why?  Well, because there is a reason it is the most common subplot in books: because it is the most common subplot […]

First, Dragon*Con Photos! So, the other Dragon*Con event that left me with some thoughts was a panel on how to write strong female protagonists.  I acknowledge that this is, after a fashion, a weak point of mine, so I decided to go take a gander about the goose, or something like that. Sadly, it quickly […]

This is the first of two posts inspired by Dragon*Con.  That’s right, a con so mighty, so massive, that I decided it needs to be broken up into two posts, the first of which is “The Future of SFF.” Now, I’ll digress at the start and say that I did not get a chance to […]