Written In Blood: A Look At Violence In Fantasy
Jesse Flohrs
The biggest fantasy series right now, and easily the biggest since J.R.R Tolkien first uttered “Hobbit,” is George R.R. Martin’ s A Song of Ice and Fire. From the Wall…
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From the Living Dead by Max Brooks
ChrisMB
Here in week three of Month of the Living Dead, we come now to a piece of the zombie library that probably should have been addressed at the beginning of…
Fantasy-Faction World Tour of Wonderment: The Caribbean
Paul Wiseall
Welcome back to the Fantasy-Faction World Tour of Wonderment where we aim to shine a spotlight on different parts of the world and their contributions to the fantasy genre. In…
Quidditch Through the Ages by J. K. Rowling
It’s amazing what you’ll find in your personal library when you look around, isn’t it? While perusing through my bookshelves for something to review, I came across a pair of…
The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
Among my convention book haul was The Dragon’s Path. It looked interesting and promised to be a novel of journeys and politics and other things that I usually find interesting…
The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie
Overlord
The term ‘gritty’ is quickly becoming overused in fantasy and it’s all thanks to Joe Abercrombie. Certainly, if you look at who earned its first usage and to this day…
Story Structure – Part 11: Climax and Denouement
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……
The Zombie Hunters by Jenny Romanchuk
When one writes a story involving zombies, the preferred setting is one where the dead have not only come back to life, but have also taken over the world in…
Writer’s Den: Using Feedback to Better Your Work
Thomas A. Knight
Writing a book is hard. Nobody told me this when I started writing my first novel. I went in blind thinking, “Hey, I can do this, it’s just words right?”…
Why You Should Be Watching The Guild
David Carani
Felicia Day has long been a proponent of geek culture. The Guild, her original web series, is no exception. Currently in its fifth season, The Guild chronicles the (mis)adventures of…
Richard K. Morgan Tour Dates PLUS: Competition
The Cold Commands, one of the most anticipated books in 2011, is nearly upon us. For anyone who didn’t read book one, The Steel Remains, you can read our review…
Tome of the Undergates by Sam Sykes
Jennie Ivins
On a ship in the ocean, bound for a faraway place, in search of an ancient magical gateway, a group of adventurers fight off a band of evil pirates and…