Episode 12: Why You Should Consider Ag In Your World Building
Why should you consider agriculture in your world building? Beyond high/epic fantasy which often has a pseudo-medieval culture, food supply issues and agriculture play an important role in your characters’ back stories. I give some examples from urban fantasy,...
BONUS Episode: Balancing World Building & Story
In this bonus episode, I give a sneak peak into my YA fantasy series and how I balance the agricultural content with the story without bogging down. I discuss some books I’ve read which do this well, and give you ideas for beta readers and before beta reading to...
Ancient Agriculture Part 2 (6/1/21 Episode 11)
Book is currently running $40-70 on Amazon. I should have checked before recording the podcast. Sorry! In this episode of the podcast, I thank my listeners for allowing me last week off and vent a bit about my sudden math class I have to take. I’m currently...
A Rebuttal to An Interview About “Slow Food” (Supporter Bonus)
Yesterday while driving into town, I heard this interview on NPR in which Alice Walker talks about her new book, “slow food”, and she made the audacious statement that it was “cheap and easy” to eat slow. Well you know me, I couldn’t let...
Color at the Homestead
Although most of the iris are gone now (I have reblooming ones by my office cabin that will show again this fall), the homestead is still a riot of color. The clematis my partner has on his porch (for his office cabin) is in riotous bloom–far more prolific than...
Ancient Agriculture Part 1 (5/16/21)
Book is currently running $40-70 on Amazon. I should have checked before recording the podcast. Sorry! In this episode of the podcast, I thank my listeners for allowing me last week off and vent a bit about my sudden math class I have to take. I’m currently...
Episode 9: Agriculture’s Dual Subordination (And a Prequel to Cultural Agriculture)
In this episode, I give a bit of background on agriculture’s dual subordination and get a bit academic/geeky about it. This is in preparation to talk about agriculture within the context of global history in future episodes, and I felt that this background was...
Episode 8: Can A Farm Boy Wander Off?
Well, of course he can. We’re the authors here, and we can make our characters do whatever we want them to. However, that’d make for a very short podcast episode. Instead, I’m going to talk about the implications of a farm worker wandering off for...
Episode 8 (BONUS): Mercedes Lackey and the “farm boy/girl” trope
In this bonus episode I talk (ramble a bit?) about Mercedes Lackey and how her first trilogy, Arrows of the Queen, really incorporates the “farm girl leaves home for adventure” trope. Of course, Rolan, the Companion, whisks Talia away from her boring and...Become a supporter. Get stuff!
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Since moving to the Ozarks in 2013, Mary's embraced her inner farm girl and worked her love of animals (especially horses) into her writing fantasy and women's literature. The Fantasy Farmer Podcast combines her love of farming with speculative fiction and author education to help authors with the care and feeding of their rural protagonists. 
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