EP 26: Writing Fantasy (1) - Helevorn and Wanda Walker

<p>Today, Helevorn interviews Wanda Walker! &nbsp;</p> <p>Her Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rainbw_mansion&nbsp;</p> <p>Her Tapas: https://tapas.io/pseudocide335 &nbsp;</p> <p>Wanda Walker is the author of several novels belonging to genres ranging from contemporary fiction &nbsp;to low fantasy, focused on realistic portrayals of characters and social attitudes. She is also an illustrator, currently publishing a webcomic on Tapas called “Rainbow Mansion”, which you can read here: https://tapas.io/series/Rainbow-Mansion/info &nbsp;</p> <p>Today, we’re discussing her approach to fantasy applied to her 3-volume novel “The Duke’s Prisoner”, written in 2012, which you can read here: https://www.fictionpress.com/s/2995032/1/The-Duke-s-Prisoner &nbsp;</p> <p>Artwork of Duke Kasha (in thumbnail) is by Wanda Walker herself! &nbsp;</p> <p>Questions:&nbsp;</p> <p>1. What is your approach to fantasy? Does it have any supernatural elements involved?&nbsp;</p> <p>2. Why have you chosen this approach? What are the advantages? What about disadvantages?&nbsp;</p> <p>3. Could you tell us more about “The Duke’s Prisoner”, in terms of premise and plot?&nbsp;</p> <p>4. What are the main themes?&nbsp;</p> <p>5. Duke Kasha of Jentirrya makes for a protagonist that is full of surprises and with an interesting character arc. Can you tell us more about him? What’s his backstory? What drives him?&nbsp;</p> <p>6. I found Kasha’s relationship with his wife Opheali very interesting - can you tell us more about it?&nbsp;</p> <p>7. How about the antagonist, Colonel Rodan, the prisoner that Kasha acquires in the beginning of the story?&nbsp;</p> <p>8. What can you tell us about worldbuilding in your story? How did you elaborate it? &nbsp;</p> <p>9. What elements of our real world did you want it to have and is anything fundamentally different from our world?&nbsp;</p> <p>10. The book was finished in 2012. Would you change anything about it now?</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fortunus-games/message