Empire of Shadows by Alicia Wanstall-Burke – Cover Reveal
Jennie Ivins
Today we are lucky enough to reveal the cover for the last book in Alicia Wanstall-Burke’s Coraidic Sagas: Empire of Shadows! But first the author herself would like to say…
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Bards and Scribes: The Druid – Guest Blog from Jesse Teller
Jesse Teller
Jesse Teller is mentally disabled. He suffers from PTSD from an abusive childhood. He is bipolar, suffers from daily to hourly hallucinations, and has DID (multiple personality disorder). He has…
The Cardboard Box: Women as Protagonists – Guest Blog by R.W.W. Greene
R.W.W. Greene
Gentle readers, I will be using wide strokes to paint the picture following. The end work could even be dubbed an abstraction. If you stand back from it and see…
What If… – Guest Blog by Tom Lloyd
Tom Lloyd
Writing—It’s all basically the same whatever genre, right? No, of course I don’t believe that! If I did, I’d be trying to make my fortune in romance or something. There…
Blade Skill, Iron Sensing and Hypnosis: Behind the Scenes Look at Shadowblade – Guest Blog by Anna Kashina
Anna Kashina
Despite being a scientist in my day job, in my writing I tend to gravitate to fantasy. This means, magic rather than technology, supernatural and mystical as opposed to rationally…
Author’s Debrief: The Godserfs Series – Guest Blog by N. S. Dolkart
N. S. Dolkart
N. S. Dolkart’s journey from debut author to finisher-of-first-series is finally nigh, as this month he published the last in the Gemmell Award-nominated Godserfs series, an epic fantasy series with…
A Toast To Fantasy Romance – Guest Blog by Anna Kashina
Fantasy-Faction is delighted to announce that Angry Robot is due to publish Ironbloods, a new fantasy romance series from Anna Kashina, next year! The first novel in the series, Shadowblade,…
Chasing Graves by Ben Galley – Cover Reveal & Guest Blog
Ben Galley
I’m a firm believer that cover art is part and parcel of the book – conjoined twins impossible to separate. The cover plays an important role. It represents the words…
Fantasy Worldbuilding: From the Bottom Up – Guest Blog by Cameron Johnston
Cameron Johnston
Falling down wiki-holes of research in the cause of plausible worldbuilding, and why magic shit is such an important resource. We’ve all seen those hefty articles on building fantasy worlds,…
Darius Hinks Joins Angry Robot Books with The Ingenious – Guest Blog
Darius Hinks
Today we have author Darius Hinks with us to talk about his upcoming release, The Ingenious, due out February 2019, from Angry Robot Books! Waaay back in 2011 I wrote…
Locked Up Abroad: Lessons From the Streets of Fantasy – Guest Blog by K. S. Villoso
K. S. Villoso
You ever wonder if a fantasy novel can actually help you survive in a real life situation? I don’t mean teach you about sword-fighting and how to slay dragons, or…
Don’t Show, Don’t Tell – Guest Blog by K. C. Alexander
K. C. Alexander
We’ve heard it, right: “show, don’t tell.” A four-word reminder to make sure your work is rich with description, follow-through, actions rather than (in a non-literal sense) words. But what…