.LacyMB chats with theladygreer about her TheFiveQueendoms series, which is probably some of the best female focused fantasy you haven't read yet.
Big, epic fantasy series tend to feature a lot of similar elements: Complex, oftentimes labyrinthine plots, dozens of characters, a fair amount of violence, and, generally, a whole lot of men. Or, at the very least, a predominantly male-centered perspective that conceptualizes the world in a way that’s not always particularly friendly toward female characters or their stories.
I would love to get five books, one about each queendom, into the hands of readers, and it’s not out of the question. But I’m doing a little have-cake-eat-cake thing where the two books that are already out plus the third, coming next year, form a somewhat self-contained trilogy. And readers can take a little breather… without losing hope that yes, we may be able to continue to do deep dives into the remaining queendoms.
While my brain is bursting with plots and characters on this timeline, I do have an endpoint, or actually two endpoints, in mind. There are a number of plotlines that pay off by the end of book three because that’s the end of the initial trilogy. But I also have plans for books four and five that pick up on hints and hooks I dropped into the first few books.
For example, the Sestians have something called “walking marriage,” which is part of the Mosuo matrilineal/matriarchal culture in China. The priest class in Sestia is inspired by Rome’s vestal virgins. The architecture of Daybreak Palace in Arca is based on the building called the Treasury in Petra, Jordan. I wouldn’t say I have a favorite queendom to write about—my favorite thing is that there are so many differences between the five that each one has a distinct character and culture.
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