Rhythm and Time – Part 1: Give Your Writing a Beat of Its Own
Amy Rose Davis
I took seven years of piano lessons growing up. I have a terrible ear, and I never practiced enough to become technically adept, but I was always pretty good at…
Sirens
Janie Bill
Sirens were created by the Greek goddess, Demeter. A group of maidens failed to protect Demeter’s daughter, Kore who was the younger version of Persephone, from being kidnapped by Hades.…
Sir Terry Pratchett Graffiti appears in London & Bristol
Overlord
Graffiti artists in Bristol and London have paid tribute to Terry Pratchett who passed away last month. The Bristol piece in Stokes Croft is by artist Fiver and features 2…
A Genre for the Ages
Nicole Singer
Think back to the first time you picked up a fantasy book. What was it? How old were you? For most of us, the answer is probably pretty young. I…
Chinese Dragons
Leo Elijah Cristea
Since we’ve looked at both the origins of our scaly friends, and their purported racial types, it seems wholly on course to take a jolly meander off the beaten path…
So What’s The Fuss About Dropbox?
Adrian Faulkner
Being a writer is about facing fear daily. Whether it be trying to tackle scenes that seem a little challenging or dealing with the daily worries of trying to forge…
80s Fantasy Cartoons!
KevinBreaux
If you are like me, a child of the 1980s, then you probably watched a lot of cartoons. Saturday mornings were your hook up, holla if you hear me! Oh,…
The Arthur C. Clarke Awards: Submission List 2015
There are often questions raised about the diversity of shortlists in Fantasy and Science-Fiction awards. When questions such as these arise for awards which are sent a list of books…
Reading Like A Writer: Why to do It, How to do It, and Why I Often Fail at It
Eric Christensen
In podcasts and interviews, I often hear authors lamenting the fact that due to deadlines and publicity efforts, they don’t get to read as much as they used to. Even…
Bloodborne – First Impressions
Zachary A. Matzo
This article was turned in late. My apologies. I was playing Bloodborne. I had every intention of writing this on Thursday, when I finally managed to get a few hours…
Untold by Sarah Rees Brennan
Jo Niederhoff
Three, apparently, is a powerful number. Bad things are said to come in threes, and it has all sorts of mystical significances that could probably form a whole post of…
A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab
Shambralyn Baker
In a never-ending quest to find new and interesting fantasy fiction, I picked up A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab. I liked the idea of a magician that…