It’s All In The Name
Michael Everest
Time for another Creative Writing 101, but this time I’d like to focus on something a little different. I had thought to write an entry dedicated to Character Creation for…
The Age Atomic by Adam Christopher
Phil Norris
The Empire State is dying. The Fissure connecting the pocket universe to New York has vanished, plunging the city into a deep freeze and the populace are demanding a return…
Worldbuilding: Thinking Inside The Box
Aaron Miles
The idea of worldbuilding is familiar to any fantasy writer, and goes with the genre like pointy ears go with elves. There are writers like Tolkien who go all out…
Berserk by Kentaro Miura
CptNemo
Berserk is fantasy at its finest. There are faeries, sages, knights, and demons – tropes, in fact, that may be terribly clichéd in a novel yet are fresh and exciting…
Chuck Wendig Interview: What in the blue blazes is Chuck Wendig up to? – Part Two
Eric Christensen
This is part two of our interview with Chuck Wendig. To read part one click here. Now back to the questions! I wanted to ask a couple questions about TerribleMinds…
The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
A. E. Marling
If you love the idea of dominating through geometry, then The Rithmatist is the gearpunk fantasy for you. I wish the hardcover book came with three pieces of chalk. Just…
Chuck Wendig Interview: What in the blue blazes is Chuck Wendig up to? – Part One
A self-described freelance penmonkey, Chuck Wendig has written novels, screenplays, and games. And over the past ten years, he has built up quite a following on his blog, TerribleMinds. There…
Help Keep Fantasy-Faction Alive
Overlord
Hi guys and girls, Firstly: I hate these kinds of posts, but, in my defense, a number of our members over Twitter, Facebook and the forums asked for it and…
The Prince of Lies Cover Reveal
Jennie Ivins
It will come as no surprise to you that here on Fantasy-Faction we love authors. One of our favorites, who is nice enough to take time out of her busy…
YA Science Fiction & Fantasy – Part Two: From Humble Origins to Lofty Heights
Leo Elijah Cristea
When addressing the origins of YA literature (we’re not talking SFF specific here for now, but bear with me) it all depends from which angle you decide to approach. I…
The Blue Blazes by Chuck Wendig
The Blue Blazes was my first exposure to Chuck Wendig’s writing outside of his blog, TerribleMinds. I expected an urban fantasy novel full of hard, broken edges and bloody knuckles.…
Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter
Hierath
Gemsigns, Stephanie Saulter’s confident debut novel, is set in the world of the near-future. Humans have been forced to resort to universal genetic modification to overcome the effects of a…