PRIEST OF LIES by Peter McLean (Book Review)
A prince is respected on his streets, even loved. But when others break that peace and threaten the prince, what then? When they drag him out of his place of business in irons, with crossbows ...Writing Codices and Lore in Media
Writing on codices and lore in media, how that lore affects our consumption of said media, and effectively producing that lore. To begin… Doom: a 90s first-person shooter about blowing up, chainsawing, microwaving, gibbing and ...
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SORCERY OF A QUEEN by Brian Naslund – COVER REVEAL
We’re so excited to have the privilege of revealing the UK cover for Sorcery of a Queen by Brian Naslund, which is to be published by Tor later this year! ...
Writing and Publishing
A Guide to Writing Magic Systems
If you were to grab a stranger off the street and ask them what magic was, well… first they’d probably mention someone like Penn and Teller, but once you clarified ...
Book Reviews
PRIEST OF LIES by Peter McLean (Book Review)
A prince is respected on his streets, even loved. But when others break that peace and threaten the prince, what then? When they drag him out ...
Self-Publishing
Self-Publishing
A TALE OF STARS AND SHADOW by Lisa Cassidy (SPFBO Finalist Announcement and Review)
The fifth Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO) has reached the end of round 1. We spent the last five months cutting our batch of 30 books down to 6 semi-finalists, the ...
Warhammer
Getting Into Warhammer 40K, Part 4: How to Build an Army (and Fight!)
This is gonna be a quick-and-dirty intro to how to play Warhammer 40K, which should hopefully be enough of a primer to help you understand what ...Getting Into Warhammer 40K, Part 3: Choosing Your Allies
Aaaand we’re back with more Warhammer! Be sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2 to get the full picture. Some Warhammer factions play nice ...Getting Into Warhammer 40K, Part 2: Choosing Your Faction
Choosing a faction in Warhammer 40K is sort of like taking a Rorschach test. One person may look at Space Marines and see bland sci-fi beefcakes, ...Getting Into Warhammer 40K, Part 1: The Basics
I never liked Warhammer 40K because when I buy a game, I want to sit down and start playing. Warhammer is the opposite of that. Getting ...
