and I want to thank you for this rec! You know many wanna-be writers, such as myself, are grappling with right now, such as; "How can a fantasy writer use slavery, for instance, in her worldbuilding and still maintain the readership of groups who are hyper-sensitive to race issues?"
I feel that much of this is a matter of craft, and this book might have some useful advice for me.
followed you over from that *more controversial* thread...
Date: 2009-05-28 06:01 pm (UTC)You know many wanna-be writers, such as myself, are grappling with right now, such as; "How can a fantasy writer use slavery, for instance, in her worldbuilding and still maintain the readership of groups who are hyper-sensitive to race issues?"
I feel that much of this is a matter of craft, and this book might have some useful advice for me.
Would you recommend it?