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Author Spotlight: ALICIA ZALOGA and WENDY TRIMBOLI
Alicia Zaloga grew up in Virginia Beach not liking the beach, and now moves every few years, sometimes to places near beaches. She has a writing ... -
Author Spotlight: David Wragg
Joining us for today’s Author Spotlight is David Wragg! David Wragg really got into writing stories just as he finished English GCSE, then took about twenty ... -
Author Spotlight: TYLER HAYES
Joining us for today’s Author Spotlight is Tyler Hayes! Tyler is a science fiction and fantasy writer from Northern California, and a Social Justice Bard specializing ... -
Interview with Peter McLean
Peter McLean is the author of the War for the Rose Throne series, including PRIEST OF BONES and PRIEST OF LIES. He was born near London in 1972, ... -
Interview with Naomi Booth
Naomi Booth is a writer and academic. She is the author of Sealed (2017), a terrifying novel about climate change and contamination, in which a pregnant ... -
Author Spotlight: MIKE BROOKS
Joining us for today’s Author Spotlight is Mike Brooks! Mike Brooks was born in Ipswich, Suffolk and moved to Nottingham when he was 18 to go ... -
Using History in Fantasy (Guest Post by Toby Frost)
I’m not sure that truth is stranger than fiction, but it’s a lot less neat, and it often throws up unusual ideas that can inspire fantasy ... -
SPFBO 5: First 4 Eliminations – And Semi-Finalist Announcement!
The fifth Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO) is already well underway! Check out our introduction here, read all about the contest’s origins here, and keep track of ... -
Author Spotlight: EDWARD COX
Edward Cox is the ‘Gemmell Award’ nominated author of The Relic Guild trilogy (THE RELIC GUILD, THE CATHEDRAL OF KNOWN THINGS and THE WATCHER OF DEAD ... -
7 Simple Rules for Writing Realistic Combat: GUEST POST by J. P. Harker
Even when reading books in the fantasy genre, few things take me out of a story like a lack of realism. The magic can be fantastical ...
