Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 9 Author Interviews and Book Spotlights on Enthralled By Love (Raina Nightingale's Paths of Fantasy)

SPFBO 9 Author Spotlight: Nathan Hartle with SUMMONING AND SACRIFICE

Hello! It's the end of June, the first official month of the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off. Since it's only the 7nth as I write this up, I've no idea what's up or how many cuts there have been by now, but that doesn't really matter since for the series, we apply the motto, "Once an SPFBO …

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Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 9 Author Interviews and Book Spotlights on Enthralled By Love (Raina Nightingale's Paths of Fantasy)

SPFBO 9 Author Spotlight: Steve D Wall with THE WAY OF RENEGADES

Hello! As a three-times SPFBO entrant, I'm doing spotlights on the blog for other Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off authors and books! Come, have fun, and catch up if you haven't been here already. This is the 11nth book to feature this year, so I just thought was a cool number. 1st of the 2nd 10. lol. …

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Book Review: Winds of Chaos (Chronicles of Asgard: Awakening) by Laura Brewer

Winds of Chaos Series: Chronicles of Asgard: Awakening, #1 Author: Laura Brewer, Roland Brewer Genre: Fantasy Book Description: Welcome to the training grounds of the Armies of Heaven. Born on a world full of dangerous creatures and agents of darkness, Alvinar and Rowan are rigorously trained to hunt and fight all manner of things to …

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Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 9 Author Interviews and Book Spotlights on Enthralled By Love (Raina Nightingale's Paths of Fantasy)

SPFBO 9 Author Interview: Helen Rygh-Pederson with THE BRIAR CROWN

Hello! This time, I'm featuring Helen Rygh-Pederson, who was on here last year for an SPFBO 8 Spotlight with Waking Ursa Minor. Helen is back again in this year's Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off with a novel featuring plant magic: The Briar Crown They say love conquers all… but can the conquered ever love the conqueror? Twenty-five …

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SPFBO9 Book Feature: New Cover for THE VOW THAT TWISTED FATE by Katherine D. Graham

Hello! Today, I am bringing you a book feature, with the new cover for one of this year's many fantastic SPFBO 9 books: The Vow That Twisted Fate by Katherine D. Graham. Sort of an intriguing title, right? Three Queens Scattered Across Time, and a Fate That Binds Them All Together Born Into Peace... For …

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Always a Shard of Light: Author Interview and Book Spotlight with Jenelle L. Schmidt (Noblebright Spotlight)

It's been a while ... but that doesn't mean the noblebright spotlights are gone for good, and here's another one! (They're like the rare plant growing here and there, that you come across at random intervals, lol). Jenelle resides in a wintry tundra that she maintains is almost as good as Narnia - having opened …

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Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 9 Author Interviews and Book Spotlights on Enthralled By Love (Raina Nightingale's Paths of Fantasy)

SPFBO 9 Author Interview: Daniel Maidman with THE EXILE OF ZANZIBAR

Hello! As a three-time SPFBO contestant, I'm doing interviews and spotlights with fellow entrants in the 9nth annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off. Today, we have author and artist, Daniel Maidman, with us, and his SPFBO9 entry ... The Exile of Zanzibar Claire built a device to fold space and time. It had a flaw... When the …

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This Day Thou Shalt Be With Me in Paradise: A Meditation

“This day thou shalt be with Me in Paradise.” Recently, I remembered these words of Jesus to the criminal who hung beside him on a cross, over and over, as a kind of hymn or refrain among the quieter moments of my thoughts. “Lord, remember me when Thou comest into Thy Kingdom.” “This day thou …

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