Frodor’s Travel Guide: The “Bad Economy” Issue
David Carani
This month’s travel guide is based on Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn Trilogy. More information on the series can be found at brandonsanderson.com. You can also read Fantasy-Faction’s review of the first…
Windhaven by George R.R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle
Dominic Stevens
In recent months I have read The Windsingers by Megan Lindholm (an omnibus edition which collected together the first three novels – Harpy’s Flight, The Windsingers and Limbreth Gate –…
Why Aren’t You Writing?
Marc Davies
If you were to meet a writer on the street, you could be forgiven for expecting a disorganized person who is generally unable to function at the level normally expected…
Creating God: Religion in Fantasy – Part 4
Amy Rose Davis
If you missed Part One of this article you can read it by clicking here. If you missed Part Two of this article you can read it by clicking here.…
Return of the Novella: Ebooks and the Awkwardly Sized Novel
Jacob Topp-Mugglestone
Novelettes and novellas are two categories that, together, encompass the gap of awkward sized stories – between 7500 and 70,000 words (according to SFWA). Many classics are included under these…
Fantasy-Faction Podcast – Episode 2
Overlord
Firstly, a HUGE thank you to everyone (over 2250 of you!) who downloaded the first episode of the Podcast. Paul and I are very, very new to this Podcasting malarkey…
Cinda Williams Chima Interview
Leo Elijah Cristea
Cinda Williams Chima is a YA high fantasy writer from Ohio, America. A New York Times bestselling author, Chima comes from a long line of fortune-tellers, musicians and spinners of…
Romeo Spikes by Joanne Reay
Sandra Norval
I’ve been writing articles for Fantasy-Faction for a while now and been honing my writerly skills for longer than that. When I was asked if I’d like to review a…
The Way of Kings – Part One by Brandon Sanderson
Ben Galley
We’ve all heard of Sanderson. We’ve all encountered his books, whether in a curious flip-through or in a one-weekend devouring of the Mistborn series. We’re fully aware of his staggering…
Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig
Hannah
With a mere touch of your skin Miriam Black can tell when and how you will die. She’s seen old age take its toll, car crashes and heart attacks. Watching…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Mythical Creatures
Jennie Ivins
Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a great leap day. The Fantasy-Faction Anthology Contest is now in full swing! The amount of entries coming in is amazing! If…
Outline Failure
Jamie Provencher
In December, I made a decision to finish my book in 90 days. Why 90 days? Well during one of my many motivational hunts, I found a quote from Stephen…