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The Top 5 Nominations Are Now In! Vote For Your Favorite To Win!

It’s time to vote for your favorite fantasy characters. Voting ends September 16th and the winners will be announced, one each week a day, between September 17-28!

I’ll be announcing the winner of the Most Faithful Friend award right here. The top five nominees for this award are:

The Nominees Rosie from the Tales of Goldstone Wood Walter Foley from Dragons in Our Midst Carthage from The Electrical Menagerie Huxley from The Electrical Menagerie Iko from Marissa Meyer

Who should win?

Silmaril Awards 2019 nominations are now open! Most Faithful Friend Award

The Silmaril Awards are all about celebrating fantasy fiction. While most awards go to authors or books, these awards go to the characters themselves!

This annual award ceremony, is the time when awards are presented to fantasy characters from novels, who are nominated and voted by YOU the attendees. These awards will be presented by characters from The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, who embody the ultimate standard of each award in the fantasy genre. Awards such as: Most Epic Hero, Least Comp...

Here It Is: My Goals (hopes) For 2019! Plus, a look back.

So, I went back and took a look at my old post from the start of 2018 to see what goals I’d set for myself back then, and which of those goals I’ve either achieved or failed. Fun stuff!

3 Things I Learned In 2018

2018 was a trying year, but in a good way overall. I broke out of my introvert shell more, and now volunteer at a local library, and learned more about myself as both a person and a writer. There were many lessons learned, but here are three you might be interested in. Maybe my mistakes and successes can help you along in your own writerly journey?

1) I’m better at writing stories than I am at blogging, and that’s okay.

When I took a hiatus over the summer, I was amazed how much more time it...

The Crux Anthology is Released!

Remember the ASF (Adventure, Scifi, Fantasy) Short Story Writing Contest I entered way back near the start of the year? Well, my short story, along with the other winners of the contest, is being published in an anthology, and the release date is…

TODAY!

That’s right. You can read my short story, Vanished, along with sixteen other stories by authors of adventure, mystery, and supernatural wonder!

Here’s the book blurb and details:

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Come on an adventure! Within these pages you’ll find yoursel...

Interview with fantasy author Kyle Robert Shultz

Today, I’m interviewing the author of fantasy and fairy tale retellings with a twist, the creative genius Kyle Robert Shultz.

Welcome to the blog, Kyle! Here’s a cup of coffee to warm your hands. Let’s start by diving into your author bio—specifically the part that says you began writing in your early teens after being bitten by a radioactive book. I am very curious what this radioactive book was, and what the first book/story you ever wrote was about? Please do divulge the details to us!

My True Horror Story #scarytruestories

It began on a cool, October day…

The floorboards creaked as I walked through the kitchen. Our house is old—the historic kind, built back in the 1800’s. You might think this sounds cool, but in reality it’s drafty, with cracks along the walls and windows, and floors and doors that squeak at the slightest touch. Needless to say, there’s a lot of work that needs to be done—and it’s freezing during the winter.

I went over to the fridge, which is near a wide window along the back of the house. And...

#BlogBattle October: CAVE

BlogBattle word: Cave!

Rachael Ritchey

Good day to you! If you’ve missed out on the announcement, the BlogBattle is back! Yes, yes it is. And now is the time to write your story for October so everyone can read and enjoy it throughout the month and in the future.

And here is this month’s word:

Cave

Of course, the best place to connect and get dialed in for the battles is at our BlogBattlers WordPress Blog: https://blogbattlers.wordpress.com/2018/10/02/cave/ where you’ll meet some of the othe...

The Winner of the Most Epic Hero #SilmarilAwards2018

The winner of the Most Epic Hero Silmaril is now to be announced! Aragorn and his crew will do the presenting today. You can find links to all of the other awards being presented HERE.

Enjoy!

It’s Time to Vote for the Winners! Silmaril Awards 2019

The top 5 nominees for each of the Silmaril Awards have been gathered, and they now await your final decision.

Here is the link to the voting form: https://silmarillion.typeform.com/to/RDDCKi

Cast your vote in the form above to decide who are the winners in each category for 2019!

The top 5 for Most Epic Hero silmaril (held here on the blog) are:

Edmund Pevensie (17 votes)
Leith Torren from Blades of Acktar (15)
Jace from Ilyon Chronicles (14)
Janner from Wingfeather Saga (13)
Tristan from th...