fantasy

Literary genre: haven or prison?

Creative Commons licence.http://moon.com/2014/03/hiking-and-recreation-in-parque-nacional-torres-del-paine/ A little over a year ago, I wrote a post for the Guild of Dreams blog where I wondered about how important it is for a writer to remain within a genre. Now that I have just sent my third manuscript to an editor, I find myself wondering about that again. Without […]

What do best-selling authors like to read? Two different views

This week, Written Words once again pairs two very different authors to discuss what they think makes a good book. Raine Thomas is the bestselling author of an award-winning series of YA fantasy/romance novels about the Estilorian plane, including her latest, Return of the Ascendant. Doug Dorow is best known for his innovative thriller The Ninth […]

Book launch: The Darkness Comes by Bruce Blake

Am I ready to kill? A cloud of swirling mist sighed out between Kuneprius’ lips, rising into the night to smear the glow of the winter moon. He watched it dissipate, then exhaled another long plume, blowing it out the way he’d seen the Brothers do when they smoked their pipes filled with sweetweed. Instead […]

The amazing Bruce Blake does it again: a new independent book launches!

Bruce Blake continues to amaze me with his productivity. He’s launching a whole new epic fantasy series, the Small Gods. On October 1, the author of the Khirro’s Journey trilogy launches the first book in the series, When Shadows Fall. What’s it about? A hundred hundred seasons have turned since the Goddess banished the Small Gods […]

Blood of the King

An independent novel review Bruce A. Blake is a professional fantasy writer after my own heart. I have already reviewed his first novel, On Unfaithful Wings, giving it a full five stars. Khirro’s Journey, Book One: Blood of the King is the first book in the traditional fantasy trilogy, and this one is not only […]

Cover reveal: Rule of Fire by Autumn Birt

Rule of Fire launches on the solstice: June 21, and you can see the fantastic cover here, right now!  Six friends stand alone against the combined Orders of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth, protecting a girl whose forbidden abilities have condemn her to death. Now they are joined by a man who was once the […]

LIFT OFF! One Shade of Red available TODAY

It’s out! My second novel, One Shade of Red, is now available on Amazon and Smashwords! And to celebrate, I’ve put it on sale: just 99 cents TODAY ONLY! One Shade of Red is my parody of the biggest bestseller ever, Fifty Shades of Grey. Whether you liked or hated that book, you’ll get a […]