I’m excited about the release of my third novel, The Bastard Queen, this weekend!  I’ll be celebrating at the Arisia Convention in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a special “three party”.  But you can help me get the word out:  I have not committed trilogy!

Elaine Isaak’s The Bastard Queen

Fantasy fiction has acquired the scurrilous reputation of being chock-full [...]

For many people around the world, today is New Year’s Eve, and a particularly special one because tomorrow will be the start of a whole new decade.  However, the calendar is a sort of common delusion:  a means of organizing time for the convenience of all concerned that has become codified into our consciousness as [...]

I’ve got a short story, “The Quin Quart,” in a new fantasy anthology that’s just been released, The Trouble With Heroes, which collection has—as you can perhaps tell by looking at the cover—a bit of a gender-bending theme.
The editor of this anthology, the talented and experienced Denise Little, asked the contributing writers to show her [...]

The World Fantasy Convention (WFC) is the annual gathering for professionals in the field of writing and publishing fantasy fiction.  It has the highest percentage of editors, authors and other pro’s of any con I know (although Readercon, in Burlington, MA,  comes close).  This con doesn’t have pointy ears (either elf or Spock), although it does have [...]