Avoid Rejection: Five Ways to Polish Your Manuscript
Lady Rosalie Skinner
One: Let It Sit Like a vintage port, your writing can improve with maturity. Sounds odd and hardly proactive, but leaving your completed manuscript to sit for a while can…
The Impending Storm by Clifford B. Bowyer
ChrisMB
This novel and I share a very intimate history. One that I’m clearly not opposed to sharing with you, dear friends. One that I hope you’ll stay and listen to.…
Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson – Series Overview
Max Edwards
Why, Mr. Sanderson, why? I loved the first two Mistborn books by Brandon Sanderson. I recommended them even. Book one, Final Empire, was an excellent tale of orphan –> saviour,…
The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Overlord
March 1, 2011 marked the release date of perhaps the most anticipated fantasy novel of our generation. Voted by the majority of our users above the likes of A Dance…
The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman
Chloe Smith
The best thing about Felix Gilman’s latest novel, The Half-Made World, is without a doubt the world it introduces us to. In shape and ambiance, it has shades of the…
Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb
Walt White
Dragon Haven is a continuation of Dragon Keeper and as such we join a group of dragons, and their keepers, as they trek up the Rain Wilds River in search…
Antihero vs. Villain
Amy Rose Davis
I was pleased to see so much discussion around my posts about heroes and the hero spectrum. After quite a bit more thought and research, I put together one more…
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
Itachimaru
John Smith is not your average teenager. He regularly moves from small town to small town. He changes his name and identity. He does not put down roots. He cannot…
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Jennie Ivins
Chicago’s mean streets are probably the last place you’d think to look for a fully certified, practicing wizard, but that’s exactly where Harry Dresden decided to set up shop. You’d…
A Time for Heroes
Ben Godby
Books, of course – whether fantasy or any other sort – are never just about times and places. They are about people, and preferably, ones we care to read about.…
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Kit
Being twenty-five, I sometimes wonder why I still read young adult novels. However, upon reading The Hunger Games, I didn’t find myself wondering. Collins’ story has a driving urgency that…
Why I Broke Up with Anita Blake
Jo Warne
The following is based on the 17 books in the Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton. This article contains spoilers if you have not read up to the most…