Hello! Autumn is really coming up on us, and we have another Spotlight for the lovely authors of the 8th annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off. Today we have K.E. Andrews with The Assassin of Grins and Secrets, and her main character (the assassin, I believe), Serein, has synesthesia (which, incidentally, I also experience, so how cool …
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The subject of this post is why I sometimes don't edit what I wrote in the past, whether or not I would write it now. I'm not the biggest fan of Tolkein in all ways (why do I even feel the need to say this? I guess because some people are? And some people also …
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The Chrysillium Tree Author: Laken Honeycutt Genre: Fantasy Book Description: There is a language beyond words, in the forests and sacred places, if we can remember how to listen. Separated from her family and her homeland, Maeve Faolai struggles to navigate her new life in the Palace of Light. With the cruelty of her abductors, …
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Hello! As a SPFBO 8 author (whose entree was incidentally cut early in the Blog-Off) I am doing a Spotlight series for any authors who have books in the 8th annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off, no matter when their book was cut or how far they make it. Today's Spotlight is for Jean Gill, who has …
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Hello, you all! Everyone who's found this because of my irregular Noblebright Spotlight series might be in for a little bit of a shock, though it might not be that much of one if you read the last part of the title (or have been following my musings and reviews for a while): Obsidian: Awakening …
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Hello! This is the day the Omnibus Edition of Return of the Dragonriders comes out! Naturally, that means you get to see this gorgeous cover art. The full-wrap! I was going to release the ebook ahead of the paperback, but when I realized how beautiful I could make the paperback with lots of illustrations - …
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The Iron Crown Series: Dragon Spirits, #1 Author: L.L. MacRae Genre: Fantasy Book Description: Fenn's first and only memory is finding himself in the middle of a forest, face to face with a dragon spirit mocking him, all knowledge gone apart from his own name. Lost and confused, his only hope for answers is Calidra …
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I am inviting any authors with entrees in the 8th annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Offs for a Spotlight on the blog. Today, as Summer turns towards Autumn, we have A.C. Cross with When Blood Runs Gold, a gem of a title that took pulling teeth to find.... Sheriff Errol Thorpe’s life is chaotic, brutal, and above …
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Time. I said I'd write about time. And what does that even mean? What does Time mean? Well, I was talking about Goodness being final and happiness being real, no matter the “ending,” and that I couldn't see a real distinction between that and the ultimate/final/primal I-NEED-A-WORD-THAT-DOES-NOT-HAVE-CONNOTATIONS-ABOUT-TIME-OR-BEGINNINGS-OR-ENDINGS, and I know that ETERNITY won't do at …
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We Hunt the Flame Series: The Sands of Arawiya, #1 Author: Hafsah Faizal Genre: Fantasy Book Description: People lived because she killed. People died because he lived. Zafira is the Hunter, disguising herself as a man when she braves the cursed forest of the Arz to feed her people. Nasir is the Prince of Death, …
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Enthralled By Love 