The third factor in what makes a work high fantasy or low fantasy, after setting and tone, is scope. What do I mean by scope, and how do high and low fantasy differ in scope?

Yesterday, I posted about setting in high and low fantasy. Today, let's talk about tone...

There's been some discussion recently about the difference between "high" fantasy and "low" fantasy. CW is that low fantasy takes place on earth and high fantasy takes place in a different world. But that's an oversimplification.

Howl's Moving Castle X Lemony Snicket 📚☕️ A cosy, magical middle-grade adventure: The Amazing, Travelling ZOOLINGUISTORIUM #PosterPit #PosterPitW #MG #F #Whimsical #Adventure

PRIDE & PREJUDICE x THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR Cryptographer Georgiana must time travel to reverse her ruined reputation and regain the fiancé she lost—but when she meets time-traveler Joshua, she wonders if finding love in the past is worth the risk. #YA #F #HF #PosterPitQ #PosterPit

A poster for “Mark of a Magpie”! 📖🐦‍⬛ When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows? #Q #YA #NA #F #R #Dis #PosterPitQ #PosterPit #amquerying

Coming to query inboxes July 2025 🏴‍☠️👑🧜🏿‍♀️ #posterpit #posterpitw #YA #F #LGBT #amediting

An introduction to my Hawaiian-inspired, young adult fantasy. “Maia must unravel a lifetime worth of secrets to understand the dangers that lurk around the corner—and she must do so before it’s too late.” #PosterPit #PosterPitW #YA #F #OwnVoices

1. “Lyra and her daemon moved through the darkening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen.” - The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman The opening line to Pullman's His Dark Materials series creates the perfect mixture of tension, curiosity and expectation.

“How would it feel, she wondered, to burn with a love so pure that even a soul as tarnished as his could be cleansed by it?” Aalise, the heroine of my WIP, is reflecting here on Héloïse’s love for Pierre Abélard, history’s most famous forbidden romance. #MedievalMonday 1/5

The best way for me to jumpstart my creative process in the morning is to take my dog for a long walk. Nothing in my ears and nothing on my mind. When I come back, I'm energized to start writing and often have planned out the next scenes or solved tricky narrative knots.

The secret life of a fantasy writer—equal parts historian, linguist, and occultist. Here’s what’s on deck for the weekend. #YAFantasy #HistoricalFantasy #AmResearching #TheParisianSorcerersGuild

🧵6 Books That Shaped My Fantasy Writing Journey Every fantasy writer has those magical books that made them think “I want to create worlds like these.” On #WritingWednesday, I’m listing some of mine 1/8

🧵 The Latin Quarter of Paris wasn’t always the romantic district of cafés and bookshops we know today. On #medievalmonday, let’s step into the Quarter's past and learn how it got its name... (1/5)

The University of Paris, 1228 AD. Some students seek wisdom. Others, romance. But a few hunt something far more dangerous. #TheParisianSorcerersGuild #YAFantasy #DarkAcademia #MedievalMagic #ComingSoon #WIP #HistoricalFantasy #ForbiddenRomance