Sandman Slim: A Novel by Richard Kadrey
Chloe Smith
Vacation season is coming and it’s time to give yourself a break, stretch out by the pool or on the beach, and distract yourself with a relaxing summertime read about…demons,…
Winter has come… And gone.
Overlord
“Winter is Coming” – it is all we heard for months and months before April’s premiere episode of Game of Thrones. HBO really went for it – they literally shoved…
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Jennie Ivins
In a forest that time wouldn’t touch, was a creature who would live forever. A creature of immortal beauty and purity: a unicorn. She spent her days admiring her own…
Rhythm and Time – Part 2: Add a Little Harmony with Adjectives
Amy Rose Davis
Two weeks ago, I started my series on rhythm and time in writing by talking about verbs. I think verbs are the bass line for all writing, because if you…
Legend by David Gemmell
Alister Davison
I first read Legend twenty-five years ago, shortly after its original release. I was sixteen at the time, and the heroic tale of an old man coming out of retirement…
Ravenmarked by Amy Rose Davis
When Braedan, the heir regent of the kingdom of Taura, decides to declare himself king after his father’s death, he finds more than just a few upset nobles standing in…
Story Structure – Part 3: In the Beginning…
You can find parts one and two of this series here: Part 1: Story Structure: Beginnings Part 2: Story Structure: Revisiting the Three-Act Structure In the Beginning… There is perhaps…
Surfing the Network – Part Two
Sandra Norval
If you missed Part One of this article you can read it here. So I’m sitting on a ledge, a little way up Mount Publication, eating some lunch. I’m checking…
The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
This is the first in a semi-occasional series that examines classic or influential YA and children’s fantasy—the sorts of books that fantasy fans remember as the stories that brought them…
Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life by Terry Brooks
ChrisMB
And now for something, completely different: Memoirs. Memoirs are windows into the souls of those who write them: glimpses of the mind and anecdotal lessons that can either be funny,…
DEADLINE by Mira Grant
Kit
But when the springtime turns to dust (A thousand shades of blood and rust) And everything is ash and stone (Contagion writ in blood and bone) Then what exists to…
Tiassa by Steven Brust
Chelsea Haller
The latest Vlad Taltos book has finally reached our hands. And if my husband and my reactions are anything to go off of, it is about time! We love Steven…