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: Francis Deer and Mika Hunter with STARS AND RAVENS

Hello! We're nearing the last of my SPFBO 9 Author Spotlights, and today I have a special for you! Stars and Ravens has two authors, and this is the first time I've featured two authors, or a book by two authors, together on the blog! Stars and Ravens Investigating a murder case, Valerian Crow is …

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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: Steven William Hannah with THE FIRST RULE

Hello everyone! (I always say that, right? Sometimes I can't come up with a lot of new things to say). We're rolling through Summer with the 9nth Annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off, and today's featured author is Steven William Hannah! Apparently (like me), he has folded A4 paper in half to approximate a book, and his …

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NarraTess Indie Sale and Recommendations!

Hello everyone! No Saturday Art (or Fantastic Ramblings) this week, but I think I have something just as awesome. The Summer/Autumn version of the Indie Narratess Sale starts today and runs through the weekend! Lots and lots of lovely indie fantasy books for free, 0.99, 1.99 (or equivalent) all over the world, from August 26th …

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Book Review: Hag of the Hills (The Bronze Sword) by J.T.T. Ryder

Hag of the Hills Series: The Bronze Sword Cycles, #1 Author: J.T.T. Ryder Genre: Historical Fantasy Book Description: Nothing is unconquerable; even our gods can die. Brennus is destined from birth to become a warrior, despite his farmer's life. But when the Hillmen kill his family and annihilate his clan, he swears to avenge those …

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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: Natalie Kelda with RIVER IN THE GALAXY

Hi! Today, I get to feature another author in the 9nth annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off! Natalie Kelda not only writes, she also draws and explores other creative activities, and her debut novel and SPFBO 9 entree (which by the way placed well in the cover contest; and no, it had nothing to do with all …

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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: Carol Carman with TWICETIME

Hi! We're more than halfway through August. I'm sure a lot of people's books have been cut from the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off by now, but that's not what matters here. Once an entry, always an entry! Today we have Carol Carman's whose first prize for writing came from a short story publication in a paper …

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Raina’s Fantastic Ramblings: Not “Disability Representation” – Or Do You Think So?

Hey! Usually, Saturdays are for art, right? Well, I don't really have that much art. Though if I did a day for every illustration and chapter header in my books, it might be closer. Anyway, I decided I don't have enough 'Fantastic Ramblings' for every other week, or enough art for every Saturday except the …

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Cover Reveal: SCARS OF FIRE (A Captivating Dragon-rider Fantasy)

Hello, everyone! Sorry, no review this week. I promise there will be one next week. Instead, today we have a cover reveal. It just so happen that it's mine. Scars of Fire is the second book in the Dragon-Mage series, which starts with Heart of Fire, a captivating fantasy that explores the relationship between dragon …

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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: J. Patricia Anderson with DAUGHTERS OF TITH

Hello! I'm featuring fellow Self-Published Fantasy Blog-off authors on the blog, and today it's J. Patricia Anderson in the spotlight. She might be a rabbit lover, and her SPFBO 9 entry features a non-earthlike world. Welcome to the ... Daughters of Tith The kandar are the children of the trees. Powerful. Immutable. Nine hundred eternal …

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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: Tim Peers with THE ZERO OF DESTINY

Hi again! For this half-way mark of August, we have another Self-Published Fantasy Blog-off Author with us! Tim Peers has been a singer in several bands and aspires to see the humor in common fantasy tropes without mocking them. His SPFBO 9 entry is appropriately titled ... The Zero of Destiny There was a prophecy. …

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