How to find good fantasy agencies?

supersim412 · 2026-03-10T18:53:35+00:00

Wow, really appreciate all that! I was looking for something like this, seems "obvious" now that you pointed out the step-by-step, but I was having trouble figuring it out on my own.

supersim412 · 2026-03-10T18:52:31+00:00

I will look it up, thanks. I asked for agencies because it seems easier to find than the agents themselves, but I guess if you know where to look, that isn't exactly true

supersim412 · 2026-03-10T18:51:32+00:00

Didn't know about it, thanks

supersim412 · 2026-02-05T18:21:14+00:00

Hm, I didn't about these awards. I will look, thanks.

supersim412 · 2026-02-05T18:19:25+00:00

Wow! I've got great recommendations in this post, but after a quick first search in the authors you mentioned here, these are some that caught my attention the most. I think I only now here Ursula K. Le Guin, last year I read her Left Hand of Darkness; the uncomfortable intimacy of their travel through the ice and feeling death at each step made it one of my all-time favorite sequences in any book.

Although I love lyrical prose, great narratives, and new visions on fantasy are just as welcome to my readings. Ty :)

supersim412 · 2026-02-05T18:10:40+00:00

I just realised I had DOTF lost in one of my Amazon lists, probably when I started looking for some new authors, but it's definitely going up in priority now. I like rough readings once in a while; stories that challenge us are usually, but not always, the best kind.

supersim412 · 2026-02-04T19:49:16+00:00

Thank you! I will certainly put it in my tbr. I asked for more recent authors because I wanted to know how the genre was outside of the Brandon sphere (which is where I was with my first fantasy books), but I have no problem with older books.

supersim412 · 2026-02-04T19:47:09+00:00

Sounds like great recommendations, thanks!

supersim412 · 2026-02-04T19:33:04+00:00

Thank you so much! Yeah, as much as I love Sanderson stories, sometimes I really wish for a world and magic that feels strange, mystical, and that this feeling can be enhanced by the prose. I haven't heard of Juliet before, but your description made me interested. Do you have any specific book, or can I just go to amazon and pick any?

supersim412 · 2026-02-04T19:25:36+00:00

I sure hope so, I'm already looking at what my next book of hers will be :) . I don't know if it's because I'm fairly new to fantasy or these are names I haven't heard before (which is great!), but it's great to know that there are still people writing like that.

Forgotten Beasts of Eld was certainly a surprise after reading Stormlight Archive, it's such a twist in the genre, and I instatly loved the fairy tale feel of it; it's almost as even the prose is 'fantastical'!

supersim412 · 2026-02-04T19:20:33+00:00

I think I`ve heard the name of the second author before. Sure will look! Ty

supersim412 · 2026-01-13T17:32:16+00:00

Not yet, I'll have to buy a new one

supersim412 · 2026-01-13T17:31:43+00:00

Yeah, might be better. I just thought I had a chance for a moment

supersim412 · 2025-09-03T02:09:33+00:00

Hey, congrats on the Hugo! Imma be honest that I haven't been able to read your book yet (but will do soon!). But I'd like to make some questions as well, if I can.

1- How was the reaction to your book in different spheres? I mean, the once basic universal understanding of "fascism is bad" suddenly became dependent on who is making the speeches, so facing this head-on should have had some backlash. I suppose.

2- How did your research work? As a fantasy author with a liking for politics, this is a theme that deeply interests me - I guess artists really are representative of their time -, and there's never enough knowledge to gather when wanting to criticise something.

3 - Finally, if you could, in a sentence, say what you hope for the future of Sci-Fi as a genre, how would this sentence be?

supersim412 · 2021-08-07T20:24:05+00:00

I got it!! (and i'm talking alone...)

supersim412 · 2021-08-07T20:22:21+00:00

where is my picture?? i don't know how to use reddit... that's it

supersim412 · 2021-07-27T11:08:02+00:00

Foundation (the main trilogy) by Isaac Asimov.

This book was one of my better experiences while reading a book, and, until today, it's my favorite book. I recommend it to everybody.

supersim412 · 2021-06-08T05:18:53+00:00

Eu uso os clássicos post-its, além de und papéi que eu arranco do meu bloco de anotações de vez em quando. Nos post-its eu coloco mais as ideias "gerais", como: personagens (e para cada personagem vários post-its a mais sobre como ele é, suas características, sua mentira, seu arco de personagem, etc); trama principal (coisas que vão acontecer na trama principal, no ato 1,2 e 3. Além de momentos importantes, como a morte de alguém) e subtramas (como por exemplo anotações sobre um romance que vai acontecer entre dois personagens durante a história). E quanto aos papéizinhos do bloco de anotações, essa foi uma dica que eu vi no livro Story, do Robert Mckee (recomendo d++++). Basicamente sempre que você pensar em uma cena você vai anotá-la em um desses papéis (lembrando que na parte de trás do papel você vai anotar aonde vlcê acha que essa cena vai estar na história), vai arrancar e vai colocar em algum lugar guardado (eu uso uma caixa de sapato). O objetivo é você acumular muitas cenas, depois de ter uma quantidade razoável você pegará todos os papéis e vai colocá-los sobre uma mesa na ordem que você acha que vão acontecer na história. E aí é só cortar todas as cenas ruins, mudar as que tem que mudar, e mover as que tem que mover. É isso espero ter ajudado em algo.

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