Decently written and constructed, Edge Of Magic’s focus on the fae helps to distinguish it from the more vampire and werewolf dominated paranormal fantasy. For me at least.The characters are solid and their strength, along with the book’s strength, is best on display in the more human conflicts, specifically the poverty Tara and her family […]
‘Gunmetal Gods’ is an awesome book title, and a promise to the reader to deliver those gods. The book unreservedly succeeds in this; the gods are immense, and deliciously baleful and lovecraftian. But they take a while to appear meaningfully in the narrative, in name or affect, and this results in the first half of […]
Hall of Bones is a solid, competently written viking fantasy book; there is no part of the book, from the prose to the characters to the pacing etc, that falls below good, but there also wasn’t really an element of the story that shone for me. The viking theme is well integrated into the plot, […]
Burn Red Skies starts strong but falters as it progresses. The world with its sky ships and islands, and the elemental magic system is well conceived and appealingly implemented, especially with how the magic is built into the various races and cultures of the world. It gives the world clear definition and aesthetics and, most […]
Available in vlog & podcast
Available in vlog & podcast
Available in vlog & podcast
Available in vlog & podcast
Blog 70 Hello everybody, today we have a piece titled Twigs by Annette on Writing.com. (Warning: mentions of mature content. Mild but present.) Paragraph 1 The inside walls of the tent reflected the bioluminescence emanating off the elven couple after their lovemaking. Pyria and Rogor lay next to each other holding hands […]
Want someone to proofread your writing just in case you wrote —he went then went to the…— or —she was barring her teeth— when you meant she was baring her teeth? These are the types of bloopers that the average reader might not notice, and are found in both traditional and indie books. They don’t really […]
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Available in vlog & podcast
Blog 69 Hello everybody, today we have a piece from GaelicQueen on Writing.com title The Sacrifice. Paragraph 1 I listened to the heavy footfalls of the Roman patrol as I hid beneath the cover of an old log and ferns. I held my breath waiting for them to pass. Thematically/theoretically, this […]
Blog 68 Hello everybody, today we have a piece titled A Petulant Life by Chasing Grace on Writing.com. Paragraph 1 The room poorly lit, the air stale and at moments, stifling. A woman of advanced years reclines on the bed, laying beneath a heavy comforter. Despite the warmth of the room her […]