Five Reasons To Cast Your Novel
Adrian Faulkner
At the heart of every great novel are great characters. Love them or hate them, their escapades propel the narrative forward. Readers empathise with them, cheer them on and cry…
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Harry Potter surfaces after 7 years M.I.A.
Overlord
We haven’t seen Harry Potter for seven years – when he was waving goodbye to his children as they boarded the Hogwarts train at the end of The Deathly Hallows.…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Fanfic
Xiagan
We’ve been getting such good feedback for the short stories our members have submitted in our Monthly Short Story Competition that we have decided to post them on the main…
Got Questions about Magical Murder or YA Fantasy?
Owning a renowned Fantasy website certainly has some perks. Next week I’ve been invited to London Film & Comic Convention to moderate not one, but two REALLY exciting panels: Murder…
Warhammer 40k Movie gets a trailer…
Did you know that in 2010 an Official Warhammer 40k film was released? No? Well, maybe you did and you understandably forced yourself to forget about it… The sad fact…
Did Shakespeare invent Gollum?
Was Gollum inspired by one of Shakespeare’s villains? Martin Freeman, star of The Hobbit, thinks it’s a distinct possibility. In an Interview with The Telegraph, where he is explaining how…
Crossing the Borders – Guest Post by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Adrian Tchaikovsky
When I write a fantasy setting, it stays written. Ten books now, in the Shadows of the Apt series, and I’m still trading on the world-building that took place before…
Raven’s Banquet – Free First Chapter…
A few years ago, Clifford Beal delighted readers with his historical fantasy novel Gideon’s Angel. This first book was set at the end of the English Civil war (mid 1650’s)…
Mining the Data: Genre and Gender
Nicole Singer
A few weeks ago, publishing savant and all-around Wonder Woman Jane Friedman shared incredibly interesting data she’d collected about debut authors, by genre and gender. Her intent was to examine…
The Philosophy of Writing and Reading
Shanothaine
phi·los·o·phy, n: The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline. The word philosophy derives from the Greek philo (“loving”) and…
Atlantis, We Meet Again!
Raymond K. Rugg
The mythical lost continent of Atlantis is a staple of the fantasy genre, from the science romances of Jules Verne and Arthur Conan Doyle to the swords and sorcery of…
Spoiler: Will ‘Lady Stoneheart’ be in Game of Thrones?
Those who have read A Feast For Crows / A Dance With Dragons, probably have fond memories of Cold Hands and Lady Stoneheart. If so, as the last episode of…