Hello, everyone! It's another Art Saturday! This time, we've got a landscape concept art that I painted digitally. The Plains of Zharda lies between the mountains and the western sea, on the continent of Galen. They are cut off from the rest of the continent by the Mountains of the Sun's Rising (as their people …
Hi! It's almost half-way through July, so one and a half months since the official start of the 9nth annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off. This week's theme seems to be red covers, immortals, queer love, and authors whose names start with 'J.C.'. This Thursday, we have J.C. Snow with ... The Phoenix and the Sword Cursed …
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Hello, everyone! As a three-times Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off entrant (and that's counting this one), I am doing spotlights and interviews for SPFBO9 books and their authors! This 11nth of July, we have The Blood-Born Dragon, an adventurous sapphic story, by JC Rycroft, who loves bringing together apparent contradictions. The Blood-Born Dragon A bond she didn’t …
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Hello, everyone! In case you haven't heard, Kindred of the Sea is getting a new cover. I recently encountered Midnight Rose's lovely art, and realized Midnight Rose was the person who could do what I'd always wanted for this book, but did not think I could do myself. So here is the cover Kindred of …
Hello! As an SPFBO 9 author, I am doing spotlights for fellow Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off authors and books! We can all win together! This 6th of July, we have a fantasy novel with a unique and unusual name - The Unchosen - by Laura Huie, originally a chemist and ... well, you'll learn more about …
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It's July now! In the third month of spotlights for the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 9 authors! (Yes, we started in May, before the official beginning!) Today, I have Jagged Emerald City by R.K. Brainerd, who wrote before she read! But, first ... Jagged Emerald City Meet Fairian Leynthall. She’s irreverent, the unwilling heiress of her …
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Hi! I've got a lot of stuff to share this July, so let's see if I manage to remember most of it! And a lot of it is pretty exciting! In no particular order: I got really inspired, and I finished that prequel novella for the Dragon-Mage series. The name of it is Promise of …
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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 …
Continue reading SPFBO 9 Author Spotlight: Nathan Hartle with SUMMONING AND SACRIFICE
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. …
Continue reading SPFBO 9 Author Spotlight: Steve D Wall with THE WAY OF RENEGADES
Hi! It's the last Saturday of June, so next Saturday will have some announcements ... but this one is still safe for art! Another of my pieces. This is what I imagine some of the art in the Library in Eskeliae that Camilla and her brother will (very briefly) visit in Scars of Fire looks …
Enthralled By Love 