February is sort of an annoying month sometimes. Not that I mind the time of year. But all the romance stuff always annoys me, especially since a lot of people use the word 'love' as a synonym for romance. Which brings me to the main post of this post. Several years ago, I decided to …
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It's been one month since this year started, and I can hardly believe it. Not that the time passes so quickly, maybe it does, but it feels like it's been forever since I posted the last one of these. So much has happened. There won't be a Saturday Art post, since I'm doing the Monthly …
Demon's Call Series: Requiem of Stone, #2 Author: Julie Boglisch Genre: Fantasy Description: Alex, Rita, and Milos journey north in search of a missing mother and the answers she can provide. With danger around every corner, it will take all their skills and comraderie just to survive … Before the waters of the north tear …
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Hello! It is the 1st of February and the cover reveal of my first novel in a new dragon series ... ... Heart of Fire Dragon-mage, #1 Book Description: A SLAVE DETERMINED TO RIDE A DRAGON. A CHILD CHOSEN TO RIDE THE OBSIDIAN GUARDIAN. Camilla has always been told that humans are inferior. They cannot …
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Hello! It is my pleasure to introduce you to Ashley Capes today, an epic fantasy author with a new trilogy on Kickstarter. Here's what Ashley has to say about eirself: Hi, I'm Ashley, an Australian novelist, poet and teacher. This is my third Kickstarter project and I've been writing since before my teen years (as …
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This coming Wednesday is the Cover Reveal for Heart of Fire so for this Saturday Art post, I will be sharing another hand-drawn digitally-coloured picture, this one of the secondary main character in the Dragon-Mage series, of which Heart of Fire is book one. Kario comes from a semi-nomadic people who live in the sheltered …
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Return of the Griffin Series: The Hybrid Helix, Turn Two Author: JCM Berne Genre: Space Fantasy Book Description: Humanity faces extinction. Ten-kiloton monsters are rising from the depths of the Pacific, levelling entire cities in frenzies of destruction. Earth’s heroes have been decimated. The survivors put their hope in one last, desperate plan: find Hyperion, …
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“Research, and get your research right.” “What's the most recent thing you researched for your novel?” What if that research is wrong? This question is posed by the fact that I happen to have some first-hand experience with … horses. And I was recently reading a book where someone who had recently been turned into …
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Art Saturday is back, and the second in the series is another piece I did by hand, and colored digitally, for Heart of Fire. This one features a face, and this is a sign of my unexpected victory over "the inability to draw a human face that looks remotely the way I intended it to. …
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Followed By Fire Series: The Incineration Saga, #1 Author: McKenzie Austin Genre: Fantasy Book Description: A witch, a demon, and a priest walk into a tavern … Wait, no. A war. Yeah. It's definitely a war. In Brigovia, the cobblestones run warm with the blood of humans, demons, and enchanters alike. And with each body …
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