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About The Characters Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Ileyra

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TheAbout The Characterspost series focuses on the minor characters inThe Wall Of Nightseries, in large part because:

“I think it’s the presence of the smaller characters that “makes” a story, creating texture around the main points of view.”

~ from my Legend Award Finalist's Interview, 2013

Initially, the series focused exclusively on characters fromThe Heir of Night, but now I’m continuing on with minor characters from bothThe Gathering Of The LostandDaughter of Bloodsimultaneously...

And It’s That Time…To Think About Books To Give & Read!

And It’s That Time…

…that crazy time, I might add, when the phone never stops ringing or texting with end-of-year “things to do”, and there are decorations to be hung, cards to be written, and presents posted and wrapped. Yes, you are indeed quite right, I’ve left everything much too late!!!

Then again, we all know how that happens: when Life is Life-ing, and books are a-writing, and the end-of-year sneaks up and sandbags you while you’re busy looking the other way.

A Geography Of Haarth: Wild Lands

The Wall of Night Series map; artist Peter Fitzpatrick

Huzza! We’re back to theA Geography of Haarthpost series, which is traversing the full range of locales and places fromThe Wall of Nightworld of Haarth — although there aren’t too many entries left until we hit Z!

From January 25, 2013 to November 25, 2014, the series explored locations encountered inThe Heir Of NightandThe GatheringOf The Lost. Now the series has resumed to ensure the geography ofDaughter Of Blood(The Wall Of Night Book...

Just Arrived: Books, Books, Books!

Recently, I’ve had a swathe of new arrivals for the TBR pile, and with the Christmas – New Year break coming up, which aligns with the summer holidays here in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s the perfect time to be thinking about books to read.

So here’s the swathe:

Behrooz Boochani: No Friend But The Mountain

Behrooz Boochani fled persecution in Iran, but was imprisoned by the Australian government in the Manus Island detention centre for six years. No Friend But The Mountain is his...

Reprising M’Month of Daughter of Blood Fun!

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Well, I had some fun anyway, so I hope you did too!

On Supernatural Underground Now: I Wrap Up My Year of Romance in Fantasy

It’s a bit nerve wracking to be wrapping up Supernatural Underground for the year, but it is indeed that time!

On the SU, 2019 has been my Year of Romance (#YoR) in Fantasy Fiction (#RIFF) and for the preceding nine months I’ve focused on a single book.

To wrap up, though, I decided to explore a few different takes on romantic relationships, from Barbara Hambly’s The Ladies of Mandrigyn in 1984, through until more recent times when the spotlight has come onto diversity a lot more.

It’s...

“Daughter Of Blood” (The Wall Of Night #3) Q&A Thursday — Fourth & Final Round!

I know, I know, how can it be over already? And yes, of course if a few late comers arrive at contact[at]helenlowe[dot]info over the weekend, I’ll answer them next week.

The Month Of “Daughter Of Blood” — Something Readers Might Not Know

To support Daughter of Blood being a Kindle Monthly Deal in the US/Canada from 1 November – 2 December (2019, of course!

“Daughter of Blood”(The Wall Of Night #3) Q&A Thursday — Lucky Number Three. :)

As noted on Monday, we’re past the half-way point for November, and our next Thursday will be Thanksgiving. Who knows, together we might be able to make the questions for Q&A #4 reflect that?

For now, though, it’s time for more Q&A #fun with Instalment #3.

And thank you, as always, to our questioneers.

The Month Of “Daughter Of Blood” Rocks On — Midpoint

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On 31 October I dubbed November the “Month of Daughter of Blood“ — inspired by the fact that it’s currently a Kindle Monthly Deal in the USA/Canada. (Apparently there are nine pages thereof so eager seekers may have to scroll a bit!)

Every Thursday I’m doing an “ask me anything about Daughter” Q&A, with two posted so far:

Q&A #1

Q&A #2

So if you have questions on this absorbing topic, just drop me a line via my webmail:

contact[at]helenlowe[dot]info

(I’ve loved all the questions so far, so dinna be shy.