Fantasy Writer’s Resources
Eric Christensen
I think it is fair to say that every writer has a bookshelf containing well-thumbed, go-to resources. Odds are that shelf contains a dictionary, a thesaurus, and a style guide…
Articles
Breach Zone by Myke Cole – UK Cover Reveal
Overlord
Huge News: Fantasy-Faction has been lucky enough to secure yet another Myke Cole cover reveal! I have to say that as impressed as I was with the covers that gift-wrapped…
YA Science Fiction and Fantasy – Part Four: The Spotlight
Leo Elijah Cristea
There is such a wealth of YA SFF that sometimes navigating the shelves can be difficult. At the moment, YA is somewhat fashionable, and that’s good, because when something is…
Why You Should Read The Folding Knife by K.J. Parker
Pornokitsch
The Fantasy-Faction Book Club, proving the wisdom of crowds, has selected K.J. Parker’s The Folding Knife for its September read. With a few weeks to go until it begins, there’s…
Fantastical Creatures of Greco-Roman Mythology: Orthrus, the Two-Headed Little Brother
Faith M. Boughan
It’s got to be tough, being a younger sibling of famous monsters. Your brother and other siblings get all the attention, the best jobs, and all the limelight in the…
Selleuk’s Bridge: A Short Story by Nathan Hawke
Jennie Ivins
Gallow – Truesword, Griefbringer and trouble for anyone who crosses him – is a brand new fantasy ‘hero’ from author Nathan Hawke. The first book in his new Gallow series,…
The Glass Republic by Tom Pollock – Chapter Excerpt
Today, F-F is lucky enough to be allowed to host an extract of Tom Pollock‘s latest novel in his Skyscraper Throne series, The Glass Republic. Last year, Tom’s City’s Son…
Writing Groups – Part One
Adrian Faulkner
It can never be overstated about the amount of feedback a writer needs. In order to learn and improve having someone else comment on your work is vital. And whilst…
Foundations of Fantasy: The Iliad
Ryan Howse
More than any other genre, fantasy tends to examine ancient epics. Whether it’s the study of archetypes and ectypes, a historical understanding of narrative itself, or simply a desire to…
Winding Up The Wheel of Time
Zachary A. Matzo
I was 13 years old in October 1991. That was when a book called The Dragon Reborn, by a guy called Robert Jordan changed my life. I saw it. I…
San Diego Comicon 2013 Report
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
As everyone probably already knows, Comicon landed on the city of San Diego like the usual ton of bricks. All traffic slowed to a crawl in the vicinity of the…
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…