by Mary Caelsto | Mar 9, 2021 | Podcast Episodes
Welcome to episode 4. In this episode I’ll interview author Dan Fitzgerald, who I met at a World Building for Writers summit earlier this year. We chat about his unique low fantasy stories, The Maer Cycle, what he has coming up in the future, and about the role...
by Mary Caelsto | Mar 8, 2021 | Animal Talk
Among the definition the Merriam-Webster dictionary gives for chicken, one of them is coward. Chicken is a well known insult when someone is backing away from a fight or not willing to take on a battle. And yet, are chickens really deserving of that? Chickens, like...
by Mary Caelsto | Mar 2, 2021 | Podcast Episodes
This week I continue my discussion of spring planning with the topic of how to do you prepare the ground. Warning, this episode contains no small amount of talk about poop/manure. But it’s not all crappy, I promise. I explain what I’ve done here on the...
by Mary Caelsto | Feb 26, 2021 | Homestead Update
I was first introduced to cortunix quail eggs by someone I’d purchased some chickens from. These small eggs, about the size of the end of your thumb, are superfoods, packed with good nutrients and omega-3s. Quail also don’t require a lot of space and are...
by Mary Caelsto | Feb 24, 2021 | Worldbuilding
One of the biggest changes in civilization and the one which allowed cities to flourish was the transition from a hunter/gatherer society to one in which there was substantial agriculture. Now only certain people needed to tend to food production and this left the...
by Mary Caelsto | Feb 23, 2021 | Podcast Episodes
In this week’s episode I talk spring planning, not just here on your homestead, but also in your fantasy and science fiction settings. I’ll mention possible causes of conflict for your characters, as well as things that may impact their journeys. We...
by Mary Caelsto | Feb 22, 2021 | Mythology/Spirituality
Does your world (usually fantasy) simply grow food and turn its attention to other matters when it comes to spirituality or mythology? Or, does your agrarian society see the deities and spiritual forces in the food that’s grown and beseech them for productive...
by Mary Caelsto | Feb 19, 2021 | Podcast Episodes
In this first episode I talk about what it means to be at the intersection of agriculture and speculative fiction, which includes sharing about my homestead, how I was introduced to fantasy, and a bit about my agriculture philosophy. I’ll let you know what to...
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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