Tropes Not Cliches: More Thoughts On Making 'Epic Fantasy New' & The Importance of Character

On Saturday I cross-posted to a guest post on SF Signal, titled "Making Epic Fantasy New–Do We Need To?" (to find out my conclusion, you'll have to check out the post, here) in which, amongst other matters, I discussed tropes and my personal view that every class of ficton has its own set.

Yup, it's mass market edition time in the UK!

On Friday, my post, here, marked the UK mass market release of The Heir of Night (with that funky new cover everyone seems to be liking!) Although I was mainly...