Jenn Lyons • Subverting Fantasy Tropes

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Jenn is the author of the Chorus of Dragons series: book 1, 'The Ruin of Kings' has just been released, with book 2, 'The Name of All Things' following in October.
Ruin of Kings is bold new entry in the genre that delights in subverting and playing with genre conventions, while still containing plenty of what makes those tropes so appealing in the first place.
We discuss:
• The fantasy tropes and that Jenn wants to interrogate, and why
• The all-importance of protagonist motivation
• Why environment is so key to your creative process
• How Jenn is innovating around the very format/structure of a book/audiobook and how we can do better on that front in general.
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