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Richie Billing

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Liverpool

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Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Fiction

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Richie Billing writes fantasy fiction, historical fiction and stories of a darker nature. His stories often explore real-world issues in fantasy lands.

His short fiction has been published by, amongst others, Kzine, Bewildering Stories, Liquid Imagination, and Far Horizons.

His debut novel, Pariah's Lament, was published by Of Metal and Magic Publishing in March 2021.

Richie hosts the podcast The Fantasy Writers’ Toolshed, a venture inspired by the requests of readers of his critically-acclaimed book, A Fantasy Writers’ Handbook.

When not writing, Richie works as an editor and digital marketer and teaches creative writing both online and offline, as well as speaking at events and conventions like Fantasycon.

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	A Fantasy Writers' Handbook 4.33 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pariah's Lament 4.28 avg rating — 40 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Promote Your Book. by Caitlin Jans, Chantelle Atkins (Goodreads Author), Alicia Sophia (Goodreads Author) 4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of Tervia - High Fantasy Stories From A World All Too Familiar To Our Own 3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flying on the Ground: An Assortment of Short Fiction 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	NANO NIGHTMARES by Shirley Dee, Charles Remington (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Arthur Doweyko (Editor) 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The General & The Visitor by Richie Billing (Goodreads Author), Mark Brooks 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thoughts On Writing 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Metal and Magic, Compendium One by J.M. Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Anna Civolani (Editor), Richie Billing (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witches, Warriors, and Wyverns by Thomas Gondolfi (Goodreads Author), Erin Casey, Dave D'Alessio (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Richie Billing wrote a new blog post A Guide To Writing Fantasy Novels Without Magic Writing fantasy novels without magic might sound like an outlandish thing to do. But it’s becoming more and more common. Having written many fantasy s Read more of this blog post »
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Richie Billing liked NickM's review of A Fantasy Writers' Handbook: "As a book in general, this one's written with personality, author anecdotes and perspective, as I would hope. Also, thankfully, it's clarified that these are not 'rules', more guidelines, which is also as it should be since writing is the absolute pa" Read more of this review »
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Richie Billing liked Austin's review of A Fantasy Writers' Handbook: "Has good information, especially on weapons and armor and the middle ages."
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Richie Billing rated a book it was amazing Ender's Shadow (Shadow, #1) by Orson Scott Card	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Superb characterisation This is a masterfully written character-driven story. And the story itself is full of intrigue and excitement. Scifi isn’t my usual genre but I’d highly recommend.
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Richie Billing is now following J. Alexander Greenwood Author of Pilate's Cross
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Richie Billing rated a book really liked it Hannibal: Clouds of War (Hannibal, #3) by Ben Kane	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Richie Billing joined the group SciFi and Fantasy Book Club
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