FFF's accountant/premier author has written a blog post for this month called, In Defense of Tropes. It's the first in a series about why tropes exist and why people love them so much. Some tropes aren't a bad thing. As I was sitting on my comfy chair, reading her draft of it for the first time, I looked up and saw my paused movie and laughed. Because what I was watching was one HUGE trope, repeated over and over, and that is why I love it!! Every time a movie like this comes

One of the best things about writing, and something I think you can all relate too, is just how disturbing my internet history is!

As a child... ...I remember watching movies with my family, and I was always amazed at how my mom could say verbatim the line that the actor was about to say before he said it. My sister and I would marvel at her. “Whoa, Mom, how did you know? Did you watch this already?” Little did our kid brains realize she had, in fact, watched it already, about a hundred times in the form of tropes. Those familiar, overused themes and plot devices. We see them everywhere. They make storie

It all started two years ago. I can't say I remember why, but for some reason, I'm at the clinic. Actually, I seem to remember it was related to my bowels. I don't have a family doctor because how could I possibly find one? Most doctors in Canada move to the States because I hear via gossip that our pay is shit. Before the end of my conversation with Dr. Stranger, I mention a lump down low that has been uncomfortable and kinda hurts. They touch it, say, "Well, this isn't good

So here are 5 reasons why Foundryside has some of the best fantasy world-building you will see.

What about way back during the infamous Black Plague. Was the fear as palpable then as it is now?

….I love a good love story. Sci-fi, fantasy, and horror are my be-all-end-all, but if a saucy romance is injected into these genres, I eat i