The Case of the Capital in Fantasy
Lady Rosalie Skinner
When going through the final edit of a galley, the tension mounts. This is the last opportunity to make changes, fix rogue quotation marks, commas and capitals. It is during…
San Diego Comicon 2011
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
Comicon. The word invokes the image of vast masses of comic nerds and SFF geeks as they all perform the annual migration to San Diego to commune with others of…
Movie Adaptations: Is the film version ever allowed to best the novel?
Ashley Barnard
Up until a few years ago I was one of many book lovers who firmly believed it’s virtually impossible for a film adaptation to be better than the novel it’s…
Jon Sprunk Interview
Leo Elijah Cristea
Jon Sprunk, author of the Shadow Saga—presently Shadow’s Son, Shadow’s Lure and the upcoming Shadow’s Master (slated for 2012)—is one of the latest writers to really sink his teeth into…
The Crystal Shard by R. A. Salvatore
ChrisMB
Come gather ‘round Hardy people of the internets And listen to my look back to a tale of heroes bold And grand deeds told From the Tyrant of Icewind Dale…
Middles – Part 3: The Meandering Middle
Amy Rose Davis
You can read the rest of this series here: Part 1: Mushy Middle Syndrome Part 2: Propel Yourself into the Middle We fantasy enthusiasts are a funny lot. We’ll put…
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
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…