Description in Fantasy: Finding the Sweet Spot
Amy Rose Davis
We fantasy authors do have our demons, don’t we? Besides those in our stories, I mean. We’re prone to prologues and infodumps. We think a novel of 150,000 words is…
January 2012
Giant Thief by David Tallerman
Overlord
Do you remember when giants were ‘in’? No? Well, actually – neither do I. Probably because giants had their hey-day many, many years ago. Hercules met a few, David took…
Motivation and characterisation.
Lady Rosalie Skinner
Welcome to 2012. During the holiday season I have been looking over my own manuscripts and delving into the motivation driving my characters. I believe as fantasy authors, we need…
Myke Cole Interview
Jennie Ivins
Myke Cole is the author of the soon to be released, military fantasy series Shadow Ops. As a security contractor, government civilian, and military officer, Myke’s career has run the…
Republic of Thieves – Autumn
We are huge fans of Scott Lynch here at Fantasy-Faction and therefore we are saddened by the news that Scott’s book is being delayed a little longer. At the same…
City of Ruin by Mark Charan Newton
Dominic Stevens
Often these reviews begin with comparing the writer in question with another; or even to a combination of two or even three writers. The novel features boats, then compare the…
Culture Building Through Holidays
When I was a kid, I wanted to be an archaeologist. This desire had nothing to do with Indiana Jones. I wanted to dig up bones and potsherds before the…
The Fantasy-Faction Anthology
It is with great pleasure that I release to you today the news that Fantasy-Faction is releasing an Anthology. Wow, I can’t tell you how great it is to say…
The Great Bazaar by Peter V. Brett
Paul Wiseall
Last year I reluctantly read The Painted Man. I say reluctantly because everyone told me that I had to read it but based on the tagline, ‘Sometimes, there is very…
Rise of Empire by Michael J. Sullivan
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
Since I really enjoyed Theft of Swords, and my habit is to keep reading something until it ceases to be entertaining, I picked up Rise of Empire. As before, the…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Cities
Happy New Year Everyone! 2012. It’s hard to believe we’ve been doing this monthly writing contest for a whole year now. At the same time, it’s hard to believe that…
Top 10 Anticipated Fantasy Books For 2012 – Part One
Last year we ran an article where we chose our top 10 most anticipated novels for 2011. It proved overwhelmingly popular, amassing just shy of 20,000 hits! This year we…