The Chaotic Champion – Part Four: The Outsider Hero
Nyki Blatchley
Just when all seems lost, the Batmobile screeches to a halt and the Caped Crusader leaps out to put paid to the latest dastardly scheme of the Joker, the Penguin…
May 2013
Amazon Opens Up Kindle Worlds
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
So the news has hit that Amazon, in its ever increasing hold in publishing, will be supporting sales of fanfiction for certain franchises who have already given their approval. The…
Poison by Sarah Pinborough
Phil Norris
Snow White lives the idyllic life of a fairytale princess, she has the love of her father and of the people, she has the loyalty of the dwarves who toil…
The Heralds of Valdemar Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey
Juan de Dios Dougnac
One of the things I most enjoy about fantasy is how versatile it is: despite the presence of some defining tropes, most of them can be simply kicked away in…
Michael J. Martinez Interview
Dan Hanks
Last month I was fortunate enough to review the upcoming science-fiction/fantasy/alternate history adventure The Daedalus Incident. As always, I threw the author some questions, and in between dealing with publishing…
It’s All In The Name
Michael Everest
Time for another Creative Writing 101, but this time I’d like to focus on something a little different. I had thought to write an entry dedicated to Character Creation for…
The Age Atomic by Adam Christopher
The Empire State is dying. The Fissure connecting the pocket universe to New York has vanished, plunging the city into a deep freeze and the populace are demanding a return…
Worldbuilding: Thinking Inside The Box
Aaron Miles
The idea of worldbuilding is familiar to any fantasy writer, and goes with the genre like pointy ears go with elves. There are writers like Tolkien who go all out…
Berserk by Kentaro Miura
CptNemo
Berserk is fantasy at its finest. There are faeries, sages, knights, and demons – tropes, in fact, that may be terribly clichéd in a novel yet are fresh and exciting…
Chuck Wendig Interview: What in the blue blazes is Chuck Wendig up to? – Part Two
Eric Christensen
This is part two of our interview with Chuck Wendig. To read part one click here. Now back to the questions! I wanted to ask a couple questions about TerribleMinds…
The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
A. E. Marling
If you love the idea of dominating through geometry, then The Rithmatist is the gearpunk fantasy for you. I wish the hardcover book came with three pieces of chalk. Just…
Chuck Wendig Interview: What in the blue blazes is Chuck Wendig up to? – Part One
A self-described freelance penmonkey, Chuck Wendig has written novels, screenplays, and games. And over the past ten years, he has built up quite a following on his blog, TerribleMinds. There…