On Character Construction
Aaron Miles
When writing in the fantasy genre, it’s all too easy to get caught up in the wonder of the world: the magic, the monsters, the bleak dungeons and shining cites…
The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler)
Karl Wolfenden
Why am I reviewing this book for a fantasy site? Because it’s fantasy, Jim, but not as you know it. Let me go back a few steps: I’m the father…
New Patrick Rothfuss Book!!!
Overlord
OK… so… it’s not the one you were hoping for – Hey! Stop cursing me!!! – But, Patrick Rothfuss will be releasing a new book this year, The Adventures of…
Best Steampunk Cover… Ever?
I know they always say don’t judge a book by its cover… but damned… I just can’t help it. And, you know what, typically… every book I’ve bought due to…
Solaris to revive Daniells’s hard to find trilogy
GOOD NEWS! For those who think they have read everything by Rowena Cory Daniells’s – who has stopped by Fantasy-Faction to do a guest blog and an interview in the…
All Is Fair by Emma Newman
Phil Norris
Editor’s Note: This review contains spoilers for the previous books. Read with caution if you have yet to finish Between Two Thorns and Any Other Name. The Duke of Londinium…
Amazon Policies Frustrating Fantasy Authors…Again
Interesting article by Paste Magazine today on a kind of customer behaviour, which they refer to as “jerk-like”, whereby certain customers are choosing to return ebooks after they’ve read them…
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Joie
The conclusion to a very popular YA dystopian trilogy, Allegiant takes a different road to wrap up the series. Unlike the first two books written in Tris’s point of view,…
Academics debate first ever Sci-Fi Story
With Fantasy and Sci-Fi being so popular at the moment, British Universities and Newspapers are really taking an interest in the roots of the genres lately… The most recent project…
Gaiman back in New Mexico English Classes
An Alamogordo school district has decided to once again allow the fantasy novel “Neverwhere” by Neil Gaiman to be used in high school English classes. The district superintendent’s office made…
NaNoWriMo Type Along with Stephen Deas – Week Two
Stephen Deas
Follow along as Stephen Daes shares his week by week experience doing NaNoWriMo. If you missed Stephen’s intro article, you can read it here. If you missed week one, you…
Voting Open for Goodreads Best Fantasy
As Mark Lawrence showed us last week, just by getting nominated for a Goodreads Award a lot of people start taking an interest in your work (and, therefore, no doubt,…