Will a Small Press add value? 6 things to consider.
Overlord
If you are a self-published author, there are times where you will feel overwhelmed. Not only do you have to write your book, but you need to arrange for it…
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Richard Ford’s New Titan Deal
Richard Ford has been a long-time Fantasy-Faction favourite. Whether the mad, crazy, enjoyable rush that was Kultus or the Grimdark Epic Saeelhaven (a trilogy that began with Herald of the…
SFF Invades New York Times
Anyone working in the Marketing Department of a Science Fiction or Fantasy Publisher will tell you how difficult it is to get one of the mainstream Newspapers or Magazines to…
Top Ten Wolves in Fantasy
Dominic Stevens
Ask people to name a fantasy animal and chances are pretty high that they will say a dragon. But in a deep and intelligent discussion (read: random!) on Twitter recently,…
Three Things Fantasy Can’t Get Right with Combat
Trent Cannon
This may come as a shock, but I don’t think any of us read fantasy for realism. In fact, we usually read it to escape from the real world and…
Small Press ‘On Our Radar’ – Call for Monthly Releases
Following a discussion on Reddit that proved demand, Fantasy-Faction has decided to run a Small Press edition of our monthly ‘On Our Radar‘ post. What this means is that every…
Fantasy Titles On Our Radar: January 2016 Edition
From January 2016 we will be running a monthly feature called ‘On Our Radar‘. The aim of this post will be to show you the Fantasy titles that we are…
The Only Bit of Writing Advice You’ll Need in 2016
Adrian Faulkner
If you’re anything like me then every time an interview with an author is posted, you’ll find yourself scanning it for information about their writing process. It doesn’t matter whether…
Most Anticipated Fantasy Novels of 2016: Publishers’ Choice
Can you believe it… It’s 2016 already! And you know what that means, right? It’s time for another one of Fantasy-Faction’s most popular posts of the year: “Most Anticipated Fantasy…
Peter V. Brett confirms more books
I recommend you only read this post if you have finished The Skull Throne. There will also be a review of the first chapter of Peter V. Brett’s The Core.…
‘The Winds of Winter’ months away from being finished… if the writing goes well.
Yesterday fans were disappointed when George R.R. Martin’s promised New Year’s post was lost. Martin used his Live Journal site to explain that the post – which many thought would…
Why Characters Play Their Parts: Human Identity in Storytelling
Steff Humm
The exploration of human nature has been a writer’s responsibility since the dawn of the word. Storytellers are accountable, whether or not they aim to be, for a representation of…