{"id":21669,"date":"2019-05-25T03:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T10:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=21669"},"modified":"2019-05-22T19:49:14","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T02:49:14","slug":"world-building-in-fantasy-interview-with-beth-barany-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/25\/world-building-in-fantasy-interview-with-beth-barany-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"World Building in Fantasy, Interview with Beth Barany (Podcast)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/World-Building-in-Fantasy-a-Podcast-Interview-with-Beth-Barany.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21670 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/World-Building-in-Fantasy-a-Podcast-Interview-with-Beth-Barany-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/World-Building-in-Fantasy-a-Podcast-Interview-with-Beth-Barany-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/World-Building-in-Fantasy-a-Podcast-Interview-with-Beth-Barany-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/World-Building-in-Fantasy-a-Podcast-Interview-with-Beth-Barany-640x640.png 640w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/World-Building-in-Fantasy-a-Podcast-Interview-with-Beth-Barany-160x160.png 160w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/World-Building-in-Fantasy-a-Podcast-Interview-with-Beth-Barany-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/World-Building-in-Fantasy-a-Podcast-Interview-with-Beth-Barany.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>From the archives:<\/strong>\u00a0In August 2014, I was interviewed by Michelle Murrain on my views on world building in fantasy for the monthly <a title=\"Broad Universe\" href=\"http:\/\/broaduniverse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Broad Universe<\/a> podcasts.<\/p>\n<p>We discussed the philosophy of world building for fantasy, examples of world building, discussions of settings for stories, and tips and tools for fantasy world-builders everywhere.<\/p>\n<h2>Enjoy the interview on world building here:<\/h2>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/625065714&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Be sure to also check out <strong><a title=\"World Building by Beth Barany\" href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/03\/prepare-your-novel-for-nanowrimo-with-world-building\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> my article on world building<\/a><\/strong>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p13IRf-42B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More novel planning tips here.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/broaduniverse.org\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/broaduniverse.org\/home\/ noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2595 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/author.bethbarany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot-2014-10-01-01.54.29.png\" alt=\"Broad Universe banner\" width=\"691\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BTW, I&#8217;m a proud member of <a href=\"https:\/\/broaduniverse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Broad Universe,<\/a> an international non-profit organization dedicated to promoting, encouraging, honoring, and celebrating women writers and editors in science fiction, fantasy, horror and other speculative genres.<\/p>\n<p>A list of more writing organizations here: <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/writing-associations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/writing-associations\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT BETH BARANY<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WFZ_ABOUT-BETH-BARANY_2019_05-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21619\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WFZ_ABOUT-BETH-BARANY_2019_05-17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WFZ_ABOUT-BETH-BARANY_2019_05-17.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WFZ_ABOUT-BETH-BARANY_2019_05-17-160x160.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Beth Barany writes magical tales of romance, mystery, and adventure that empower women and girls to be the heroes of their own lives.<\/p>\n<p>She is the award-winning author of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/author.bethbarany.com\/ya-fantasy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Henrietta The Dragon Slayer<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0and the acclaimed paranormal romance author of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/author.bethbarany.com\/books\/touchstone-of-love-romance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Touchstone series<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.\u00a0She\u2019s currently at work on a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/author.bethbarany.com\/coming-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">science fiction mystery series<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Also a Master NLP Practitioner, and certified creativity coach for writers, Beth Barany runs <a href=\"https:\/\/school.bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barany School of Fiction<\/a>, a full suite of courses designed to help genre fiction writers experience clarity and get writing, so they can revise and proudly publish their novels to the delight of their readers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>She\u2019s also the author of books for writers, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/pynlap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Plan Your Novel Like A Pro<\/em><\/a>, cowritten with her husband, thriller writer Ezra Barany.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect with Beth<\/strong> via her blog,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Writer\u2019s Fun Zone.<\/a>\u00a0 Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beth_barany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Beth_Barany<\/a>. Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bethbarany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bethbarany<\/a>. Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bethbarany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/instagram.com\/bethbarany\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the archives:\u00a0In August 2014, I was interviewed by Michelle Murrain on my views on world building in fantasy for the monthly Broad Universe podcasts. 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