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Exclusive Interview: “The Ruthless Lady’s Guide To Wizardry” Author C.M. Waggoner

 

Despite what the title may suggest, C.M. Waggoner’s The Ruthless Lady’s Guide To Wizardry (paperback, Kindle, audiobook) is not a helpful how-to. Instead, it’s a historical fantasy novel that’s set in the same realm, but not the same story, as her 2019 “fantasy of manners” tale Unnatural Magic. In the following email interview, Waggoner discusses what inspired and influenced this second story.

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Exclusive Interview: Unnatural Magic Author C.M. Waggoner

 

Like all genres, fantasy is full of tropes, ones that some writers embrace without ever asking if they hold up to scrutiny. But in the following email interview about her novel Unnatural Magic (paperback, Kindle), writer C.M. Waggoner discusses how reversing some of fantasy’s more common tropes as a way of exploring them led her to write this “fantasy of manners.”