Blog
-
Ask The Wizard: What is an Agony Ant?
Hearken now to the words of Ulesorin the Green, Master of the Secret Names, Defender of the Twelve Realms of Man, Sage of the Western Wastes, ... -
Tough Travelling: Apprentices
Welcome to Tough Travelling, a monthly feature in which we rack our brains for popular (and not so popular) examples of fantasy tropes. Created by Nathan of Fantasy ... -
Author Spotlight: Anna Stephens
Joining us for today’s Author Spotlight is Anna Stephens! Anna is a UK-based author of gritty epic fantasy. Her debut novel, Godblind, was published through Harper ... -
Can Fantasy Truly Tackle the Real Horrors of History? (Guest Post by M.D. Lachlan)
Writers don’t always choose what they write about. Ten or more years ago, when I sat down to do my daily 2000 words, I had intended ... -
Write of Way #4 – Write Short Stories
Are you a writer? Are you a novelist? Are you a living, breathing person who owns a pen and paper? Then you should be writing short ... -
Author Spotlight: Anna Smith Spark
Joining us for the Author Spotlight today is the Queen of Grimdark herself: Anna Smith Spark! Anna lives in London, UK. She loves grimdark and epic ... -
Gemmell Awards 2018: Longlist Voting OPEN!
It’s that time of year again! On July 14th the tenth annual David Gemmell Legend Awards will be held at Edge-Lit 7 in Derby, UK. The ceremony recognises ... -
Explosions and FEELINGS (and More Explosions) (Guest Post by T. Eric Bakutis)
While I enjoy mindless action as much as the next person, stories where I can genuinely empathize with the folks currently shooting at each other have ... -
Author Spotlight: RJ Barker
Joining us for today’s Author Spotlight is RJ Barker! RJ Barker is the author of the epic fantasy trilogy The Wounded Kingdom, beginning with Age of Assassins. He lives ... -
‘Conditions for Vision’: Guest Post by E.J. Swift
In the opening essay of her collection On Writers and Writing, Margaret Atwood discusses a series of interviews where she asked writers to describe how it ...
