The Damned King by Justin Lee Anderson – Cover Reveal
Julia Kitvaria Sarene
If you’ve read The Lost War and The Bitter Crown, you’ll know I like to leave readers on a big ending, one way or another. Of course, every writer wants…
Guest Blogs
The Pact by J. E. Hannaford – Cover Reveal
Jennie Ivins
Today we are excited to reveal the cover for the final novel in J. E. Hannaford’s Black Hind’s Wake series, The Pact! Here is the author to tell you a…
Empire of Shadows by Alicia Wanstall-Burke – Cover Reveal
Today we are lucky enough to reveal the cover for the last book in Alicia Wanstall-Burke’s Coraidic Sagas: Empire of Shadows! But first the author herself would like to say…
Scott H. Andrews Interview – Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Dan Hanks
Today we’re delighted to bring you an interview with Scott H. Andrews, editor for the World Fantasy Award winning magazine Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
Bards and Scribes: The Druid – Guest Blog from Jesse Teller
Jesse Teller
Jesse Teller is mentally disabled. He suffers from PTSD from an abusive childhood. He is bipolar, suffers from daily to hourly hallucinations, and has DID (multiple personality disorder). He has…
The Cardboard Box: Women as Protagonists – Guest Blog by R.W.W. Greene
R.W.W. Greene
Gentle readers, I will be using wide strokes to paint the picture following. The end work could even be dubbed an abstraction. If you stand back from it and see…
Legacy of Ghosts by Alicia Wanstall-Burke – Cover Reveal
Alicia Wanstall-Burke
Writing Legacy of Ghosts may have been the hardest thing I’ve ever done in a creative capacity, but choosing a cover artist didn’t take a second thought. Pen Astridge created…
What If… – Guest Blog by Tom Lloyd
Tom Lloyd
Writing—It’s all basically the same whatever genre, right? No, of course I don’t believe that! If I did, I’d be trying to make my fortune in romance or something. There…
Blade Skill, Iron Sensing and Hypnosis: Behind the Scenes Look at Shadowblade – Guest Blog by Anna Kashina
Anna Kashina
Despite being a scientist in my day job, in my writing I tend to gravitate to fantasy. This means, magic rather than technology, supernatural and mystical as opposed to rationally…
Author’s Debrief: The Godserfs Series – Guest Blog by N. S. Dolkart
N. S. Dolkart
N. S. Dolkart’s journey from debut author to finisher-of-first-series is finally nigh, as this month he published the last in the Gemmell Award-nominated Godserfs series, an epic fantasy series with…
A Toast To Fantasy Romance – Guest Blog by Anna Kashina
Fantasy-Faction is delighted to announce that Angry Robot is due to publish Ironbloods, a new fantasy romance series from Anna Kashina, next year! The first novel in the series, Shadowblade,…
Chasing Graves by Ben Galley – Cover Reveal & Guest Blog
Ben Galley
I’m a firm believer that cover art is part and parcel of the book – conjoined twins impossible to separate. The cover plays an important role. It represents the words…