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April 28, 2021
Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Veiled Throne by Ken Liu
Can’t-Wait Wednesday, aka Waiting on Wednesday, is a weekly meme originating from Jill at Breaking the Spine and now hosted by Wishful Endings. If you’re interested in participating, stop by Wishful Endings to link up your posts. Princess Théra, once known as Empress Üna of Dara, entrusted the throne to her younger brother in order to journey to Ukyu-Gondé […]
April 27, 2021
Women in SF&F Month: H. M. Long
Today’s guest is H. M. Long! Her recently released Viking-inspired epic fantasy debut novel, Hall of Smoke, follows a warrior-priestess who is trying to set things right after having failed her goddess—and discovers there’s far more to her world and its deities than she’d been taught. A standalone sequel, Temple of No God, is scheduled for […]
Interview with Peter McLean (PRIEST OF GALLOWS)
Peter McLean was born near London in 1972, the son of a bank manager and an English teacher. He went to school in the shadow of Norwich Cathedral where he spent most of his time making up stories. He has since grown up a bit, if not a lot, and spent 25 years working in […]
Quick Review – Silver Sky – J.D. Allen
“I realised that J.D. Allen was a talented author thanks to reading They’re Coming To Get You, Barbara! but finishing Silver Sky has proven that he is on another level altogether – there are horror authors I have been reading for years that have not managed to pack into entire novels the disquieting, haunting horror […]
Top Ten Tuesday: Animals from Books
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Animals from Books. I did a TTT post this past November about great pets in fiction, so I may have some overlap here. My top 10 animals from books: S.T. (crow) […]
Fantasy Series I Need to Finish (Part 1)
As most readers know, there are so many books but so little time! I have started many fantastic fantasy series I need to finish so I have created a list to remind me of them all. Let me know in the comments if you have read any of them, are thinking of reading them, or […]
April 26, 2021
Teaser Tuesday: Pest, Friend, or Foe? #vampires #fantasy
Cover Art by Alison Hunt Today’s teaser introduces a new character who may be just what Clyde needs to survive War of Nytefall: Savagery. I was on the fence about making a post about this guy too or even showing his name right now. He’s a denizen of Mestra, so maybe you’ll get to see him […]
Screw Book Purists!
With the release of Shadow and Bone on Netflix, I got to thinking how huffy some readers get when a great book makes it to the screen. Book to TV or film adaptations are getting a bad rep with book purists. Well… great stories should NOT be limited to one medium. I’m all for books. […]
Fast-paced, adventure-packed Fantasy -Kingdoms at War by Lindsay Buroker
E J says… Put mages, portals, dragons, archaeologists, and a huge disparity between the have’s and have not’s, and you have a complex story that anyone can relate to. Maybe not the dragons, but they don’t make an appearance in the first book, however, the portal they made makes an intriguing entrance. Buroker’s latest has […]
Character Creation: the mentor #amwriting
Wisdom is not about having all the answers. As we experience the sorrows and joys of life, we remain filled with as many questions as answers. Perhaps the questions aren’t intellectual as much as they are emotional—a longing for a lost time of contentment, a time of security and peacefulness that wasn’t appreciated as much […]
