Government vs. Anarchy
Gail Z. Martin
My Ascendant Kingdoms Saga books (Ice Forged, Reign of Ash—coming 2014) takes place in a post-apocalyptic medieval world where anarchy has become the norm. A disastrous war has left the…
Guest Blogs
Writers Love Readers
Rowena Cory Daniells
Where would we be without them? After all, writers are just readers who ran out of books to read. But seriously, do authors write because we always loved reading, or…
Writing Food
Michael R. Underwood
Everybody eats. And in many cases, eating scenes can be a great way to liven up your fiction. It’s easy to write a conversation that becomes nothing more than a…
Exclusive Message for Fantasy-Faction users from Scott Lynch
Overlord
So, we’ve heard the news that Scott Lynch’s latest novel is out this year (whoo!), but now we’ve managed to track Scott down, drag him to a keyboard and force…
The Evolution Of The Split Worlds Novels + A New Split Worlds Short Story
Emma Newman
Almost three years ago to the day I woke up one morning with a story in my head. It was one of those rare occasions when the flash (1000 words…
Giant Thief, Crown Thief, and How to Fail the Bechdel Test
David Tallerman
Amongst my endless goals for my first novel Giant Thief – which, looking back, were basically a wish list of the things I’d like to see in the type of…
The Magic of Shadows Ops Universe + Contest
Myke Cole
In honor of Myke Cole’s second book release, we are giving away three signed copies of his first book, Control Point! All you have to do is tell us which…
Women to Watch Out For in 2013
Cheryl Morgan
The blog post listing the most anticipated fantasy books of 2013 got a bit of negative attention because of the complete absence of women from the top ten. I thought…
DestinyQuest – Putting The Game Back Into Gamebooks
Michael J. Ward
We are teaming up with our friends over at Gollancz to giveaway 3 sets of the two DestinyQuest books currently available, The Legion of Shadow & The Heart of Fire.…
Bringing The Theater to Your Writing
Evie Manieri
I’ve always wanted to be a writer, but for a long time, I wanted to be an actor, too. I acted in plays in high school, college, and then for…