Blake Charlton Interview
Leo Elijah Cristea
Blake Charlton, author of Spellwright, the imminent Spellbound, and the forthcoming Spellbreaker, isn’t your usual kind of fantasy writer. Of course he’s as charming as the next writer, and has…
Child of Fire by Harry Connolly
Paolo Chikiamco
Child of Fire is the first novel in Harry Connolly’s Twenty Palaces urban fantasy–well, perhaps urban horror would be a more appropriate term–series (three books long so far), featuring ex-convict…
What Not To Do At A Reading
Ashley Barnard
My trip to California last month marked a memorable occasion: I did my first book signing in my hometown, at the bookstore where I practically grew up, The Avid Reader…
The Riyria Revelations by Michael J. Sullivan
Jesse Flohrs
Hello again, Faction readers! First of all, I want to say thank you to everyone who read my first article on Peter V. Brett. I really appreciated all the comments,…
The Passage by Justin Cronin
Alister Davison
I wasn’t expecting much with this one. Sure, I’d read several reviews that glowed enough to light a room – even the posh critics, those who turn their nose up…
Fantasy-Faction World Tour of Wonderment: The Netherlands
Paul Wiseall
Welcome back to the Fantasy-Faction World Tour of Wonderment, where I aim to shine the spotlight on individual nations and their contributions to the fantasy world. So up to now…
Writer’s Den: Writing a Good Critique
Thomas A. Knight
As writers, especially in this world of so many new indie and self publishing options, we take on many tasks. From writing and editing our books, to illustrating, creating trailers,…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Freedom
Jennie Ivins
Summer is finally coming to a close. And with autumn beginning, so begins another round of Writing Challenges. We have some familiar faces in our entries this month and also…
Scott Lynch Interview
Overlord
With the utmost pleasure and excitement, Fantasy-Faction brings to you today an interview with one of the nicest, most genuine people you could ever meet. Not only is he a…
Dreadnought by Cherie Priest
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
As is my habit, when I enjoy a book I go looking for more by the same author. Such was the case when I picked up Dreadnought. The story is…
Story Structure – Part 9: The Art of the Subplot
Amy Rose Davis
You can read the rest of the Story Structure series here: Part 1 – Story Structure: Beginnings Part 2 – Revisiting the Three-Act Structure Part 3 – In the Beginning……
Relax, it’s only Tense.
Lady Rosalie Skinner
When the fantasy writer writes it is probably a good idea to have some idea of tense. There are some who claim to know of over thirty different tenses, though…