NaNoWriMo
Hierath
November – season of mists and frantic typing… November begins toay, and all across the world writerly types are sidling up to each other and whispering out of the corners…
Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling by Michael Boccacino
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
Since it is getting close to All Hallows Eve, it seemed like a good idea to pick up a book involving ghosts, haunted houses, and trans-dimensional portals. As the title…
Improving Description
Overlord
So, you may have noticed that you clicked a different button to get onto the post today: “MJA” instead of “ARD”. Well, that’s because our beloved Amy Rose Davis has…
Sharps by K. J. Parker
I’d heard a lot about K. J. Parker (mostly from my friends/fellow bloggers Justin and Jared), before I picked up my first dose of the author’s work in the form…
Iain M. Banks Interview – Part Two
Paul Wiseall
I recently interviewed science fiction author Iain M. Banks. If you missed it, part one is posted here. Now on to part two! When you’re writing are you one of…
Iain M. Banks Interview – Part One
I recently met Iain M. Banks for a long ol’ chat that ranged from his latest Culture novel The Hydrogen Sonata and Gravitas ships to The Algebraist and his porno…
The Best SFF From The Web – Superheroes and Spooks.
Hey there! Welcome back to our weekly round up of some of the best SFF links from around the web. Once again it’s an eclectic mix of things that I’ve…
Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis
Mike Shackle
It’s not often a book comes along that is so refreshingly different as Ian Tregillis’ Bitter Seeds. Starting with the simple thought of, “What if Superheroes and magic existed in…
Legion by Brandon Sanderson
Eric Christensen
There has never really been a thriving market for novellas. Along with its misfit sister format the novelette, novellas can be difficult to sell. However, the rise of ebooks is…
Frightening Fantasy?
Rachel Riegel
October is my favorite month, mostly because of the holiday that takes place at the end of it. I am from the United States, so Halloween is a pretty big…
Fantasy World – The Best SFF From The Web
As we all know, the internet is a brilliant place to find incredibly odd and wonderful things so I figured, hey, it’s Thursday, let’s round up all that fun and…
In The Tall Grass by Joe Hill & Stephen King.
With In The Tall Grass, the father and son team of King and Hill collaborate for the second time to create a short but devastating, blunderbuss shot of horror. This…