10 Things New Writers Should Be Doing
Aaron Miles
So I’m in full writing mode at the moment, and I can’t help but kick myself for not starting some things sooner. Here’s a short list of things I wish…
Sea Change by S.M. Wheeler
A. E. Marling
If a sea monster reading you grisly fairy tales sounds like a great idea, you may love Sea Change by S.M. Wheeler. Once upon a time, a girl named Lilly…
The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
Hierath
The Privilege Of The Sword is the sequel to Ellen Kushner’s legendary novel, Swordspoint, which told the story of the romance between Alec Campion and swordsman Richard St Veir. The…
YA Science Fiction and Fantasy – Part Three: Why YA Is Important
Leo Elijah Cristea
Instead of looking at the themes and aspects of YA and what makes it what it is (as suggested in the previous article), it felt somewhat redundant to too closely…
Bridge To Terabithia: Book and Movie Review
Maria L Hughes
In a land far away there was once a king, named Jess Aarons, and a queen, named Leslie Burke. They ruled over this magical land justly and fair, until tragedy…
Francis Knight Interview
Nicholas Schmiedicker
Hello Factioners! I had the great pleasure of conducting an interview with none other than Francis Knight herself, author of the Rojan Dizon Trilogy: Fade to Black, Before the Fall…
Patrick Rothfuss Interview – The Name of the Wind Playing Cards Kickstarter
CptNemo
We tracked down Patrick Rothfuss for an interview about his collaborative The Name of the Wind Playing Cards Kickstarter project. In this thirty-four minute interview, Pat answers a few questions…
Fantastical Creatures of Greco-Roman Mythology: The Hippalektryon
Faith M. Boughan
For the fourth instalment of this series about lesser-known creatures and beasts of Classical mythology, we’re going to take a little bit of a lighter spin on things. While this…
Chrono Trigger – Video Game Review
Juan de Dios Dougnac
This time, I would like to present homage to one of those precious few videogames that marked a whole era of gamers around the world: Chrono Trigger (released in 1995),…
Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews
Joie
Absolutely FANTASTIC. That’s all. Now you can go read it for yourselves. What? You need more? Okay fine. It’s round six of Kate and Curran in all their shapeshifting, sarcastic,…
The Fantasy Assassin
Victoria Hooper
Assassins seem to have been steadily rising in popularity, wrapped in dark hooded cloaks and lurking in the pages of sword and sorcery, epic and urban fantasy, and YA, as…
The Sheepfarmer’s Daughter by Elizabeth Moon
KJ Braxton
Now I know you are not meant to judge a book by its cover but upon seeing Paksenarrion clad in full armour I could not resist. In The Sheepfarmer’s Daughter…