Monthly Short Story Winner: Storms
Jennie Ivins
Some of you may not know this, but along with Fantasy-Faction being an awesome site for readers of fantasy, we also house a growing collection of published and aspiring authors.…
Fantasy-Faction World Tour of Wonderment – Italy
Paul Wiseall
Hey folks. I recently found myself packing up my piece of crap car and moving from England to Italy and so, I decided that my next article had to be…
Sam Sykes Interview
Overlord
Sam Sykes is the author of one of 2010’s most popular debuts: Tome of the Undergates. At just 24 when it was published, he was quickly marked as one to…
Rhythm and Time – Part 4: Make Your Characters Sing
Amy Rose Davis
You can read the rest of this series here: Part 1: Give Your Writing a Beat of Its Own Part 2: Add a Little Harmony with Adjectives Part 3: Dialogue…
Tome of the Undergates by Sam Sykes
I first heard of Tome of the Undergates via Twitter. I had seen the rather interesting @SamSykesSwears tweeter, shouting out about fantasy and generally interacting with users and causing a…
A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin
Matt Maenpaa
It would be fair to say that A Dance With Dragons has been highly-anticipated. One of those unfortunate hazards of such an epic series, combined with a lengthy period between…
Gollancz To Launch World’s Largest Digital SFF Library
There is no doubt about it, Gollancz is the UK’s leading publisher of fantasy fiction. Just a quick browse of the fantasy shelves in WH Smiths or Waterstones will reveal…
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
I’ve heard A LOT about The Dresden Files and after being told by about ten people over in the Fantasy-Faction forums that I ‘HAD’ to start this series, I finally…
Surfing the Network – Part Three
Sandra Norval
If you missed part one or two of this article series you can read them here: Part One: http://fantasy-faction.com/2011/surfing-the-network-part-one Part Two: http://fantasy-faction.com/2011/surfing-the-network Many a traveller will tell you that an…
Announcements – Coming Soon!
Fantasy-Faction.com has been increasingly popular these last few months. Loyal fantasy fans seem to be flocking to our community and enjoying the interaction with other fans, the articles, the reviews…
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Assassin’s Apprentice is a book that has been on my radar for a long time, but something has always stopped my from picking it up. Perhaps it was the fact…
Middles – Part 2: Propel Yourself Into the Middle
Two weeks ago, I started talking about mushy middles and why I think writers encounter them. Now that we’ve identified mushy middles as an issue, let’s look at some of…