Hobbies, Or Why Taking A Break Matters
Laura Graham
Ever have one of those days, where you’re just knackered, your concentration and motivation gone? Not a lot of fun, for anyone. It’s a hard one too; when you’re writing,…
June 2015
Books on Writing Fantasy
Shambralyn Baker
There are lots of books about writing out there, waiting to be read by future authors. Books on characters, books on plot, books on writing a novel in X amount…
The Sacred Band by Janet E. Morris and Chris Morris
Raymond K. Rugg
From the very first chapter of The Sacred Band, I had a feeling about how I wanted to write this review, and the further in I went, the more certain…
After the Burning: Princess by C. J. Peter – SPFBO Review
Richard Bray
The following book was reviewed as part of Mark Lawrence’s Great Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off. For more information, visit Mark Lawrence’s blog or this previous announcement from Fantasy-Faction. C.J. Peter’s After…
Blood Oranges by Kathleen Tierney
Jo Niederhoff
Urban fantasy is something of a gamble for me. While I do enjoy reading about mythical creatures navigating the modern world, I sometimes find the books get too dark and…
The Venusian Gambit by Michael J. Martinez
Dan Hanks
The Venusian Gambit is the third and final instalment in the Daedalus series by Michael J. Martinez and boy does it strive to redefine the word ‘epic’. I read the…
Peter Newman Interview
Steff Humm
Stephen King may have had a point when he wrote that talk is “sneaky”. Although we’re often told that the majority of communication is nonverbal (93 percent is the popular…
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell – Episodes 1 – 3
Wei Ming Kam
It feels like fantasy for adults has almost become respectable of late. Game of Thrones keeps raking the viewers in, while the adulation for the BBC’s lush adaptation of Susanna…
Cover Reveal of Twelve Kings by Bradley P. Beaulieu
Overlord
I am honoured to say that I’ve been involved in the cover design of Bradley P. Beaulieu’s Twelve Kings and possibly even played a (tiny) part in how it turned…
And tonight’s award goes to . . . Meh.
Stephen Hunt
Following the mass-interest of M.D. Lachlan’s recent Nutty Nuggets post on Fantasy-Faction, we asked around amongst our author friends as to whether there were any more thoughts on the whole…
Fantasy and Gaming
Zachary A. Matzo
Fantasy literature and fantasy games are and will always be intertwined. Certainly, fantasy fiction predates Crossbows and Catapults, Warhammer, Thieves World, Dungeons & Dragons or Magic: The Gathering, but for…
The Rebirths of Tao by Wesley Chu
Stephen Rhodes
It’s been over a decade since the climactic events of The Deaths of Tao. Now both of the Quasing factions have to combat a new threat. Mankind. The Genjinx are…