Travis interviews fantasy author Timandra Whitecastle about her new novel, Queens of the Wyrd. They talk about how to grow an audience as a self-published author, Norse mythology, and the role of women in fantasy stories.
About Timandra Whitecastle
Timandra Whitecastle is a reader, a writer, and an introvert. She writes women with agency, women who drive the action, women who punch you in the face and in the feels.
Tim has never bothered to get a life since it always seems like she’s already trying to lead at least three – and yes, she totally stole that line from Terry Pratchett.
Half-giant Lovis and her Shieldmaiden warband were once among the fiercest warriors in Midgard. But those days are long past and now Lovis just wants to provide a safe home for herself and her daughter – that is, until her former shield-sister Solveig shows up on her doorstep with shattering news.
Solveig’s warrior daughter is trapped on the Plains of Vigrid in a siege gone ugly. Desperate to rescue her, Sol is trying to get the old warband back together again. But their glory days are a distant memory. The Shieldmaidens are Shieldmothers now, entangled in domestic obligations and ancient rivalries.
But family is everything, and Lovis was never more at home than at her shield-sisters’ side. Their road won’t be easy: old debts must be paid, wrongs must be righted, and the Nornir are always pulling on loose threads, leaving the Shieldmaidens facing the end of all Nine Realms. Ragnarok is coming, and if the Shieldmaidens can’t stop it, Lovis will lose everyone she loves…
Fate is inexorable. Wyrd bith ful araed.
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