Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #2: Getting Close To The End…
A.F.E. Smith
The Fantasy-Faction SPFBO team are on the verge of announcing their top seven books! But first, here are a final set of five that didn’t quite make the cut. It…
Force Grey: Giant Hunters – YouTube Show Review
Geoff Matthews
I haven’t played Dungeons & Dragons since my teenage years, and there are days when I miss it. Computer games took over, life got in the way; work, family, children…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Flash Fiction
Xiagan
Postcard Fiction. Short, Short Stories. Micro Fiction. 500 words or less. This month, that’s all our entrants got. Wikipedia says that flash fiction ‘often contains the classic story elements: protagonist,…
Teresa Frohock Interview
T. O. Munro
Today we have the pleasure of interviewing Teresa Frohock, author of several ground breaking fantasy novels and novellas including The Broken Road, Miserere, and the recently completed trilogy of Los…
Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #2: Farewell To Another Five
Laura M. Hughes
Writing fiction is like painting Rorschach cards: everyone sees (and feels) something different when looking at what you’ve created. Every review is subjective. And as AFE and GR have observed…
Flamecaster by Cinda Williams Chima
Leo Elijah Cristea
Flamecaster, by Cinda Williams Chima, is the first of a brand new series set in the same world of the acclaimed Seven Realms quartet, where we leave behind Han and…
Tropes and Clichés in Epic Fantasy: Is It Time To Move On?
I just finished Diana Jones’s The Tough Guide to Fantasyland first published twenty years ago, but still accurately satirical in the shots it takes at the more recognisable “issues” in…
Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #2: Another Five Fall
Hot on the heels of the last update, here are another five books to which we are sadly saying goodbye. Again, these books all have something to recommend them –…
Syncing Scrivener Files Between Computers Using Dropbox
Adrian Faulkner
One of the simple joys of writing is the fact that it can be done anywhere. All you need is pen and paper. Some writers prefer the structure of a…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Multiple Points of View
Multiple points of view can be tricky to write in full length novels. They are even harder in short stories. This month our entrants had to write a story containing…
Why Are The Worlds of Fantasy Romances So Grim?
Nicola Alter
The genre of high fantasy romance (sometimes simply called fantasy romance), offers what its title suggests. You can expect elements of epic high fantasy: invented worlds, fantasy creatures, magic, royalty,…
Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #2: The Next Five
It has been a little while since our last update, but the pace should pick up a little now. As of 24th July, every book we were given has had…