Raina Nightingale's Paths of Fantasy, a blog dedicated to all things fantasy and speculative fiction, from book reviews to essays on world building, characters, and favorite novels.

It Doesn’t Need a Hero to Make a Difference: Author Interview with Yasmine Maher (Noblebright Spotlight)

Hello! Today we have noblebright Urban Fantasy debut author Yasmine Maher with us. When she's not writing Yasmine enjoys, among other things, playing with her cats and singing. I had the privilege of ARC reading her debut, Echo: The Curse of the Blackwood Witches a few months ago, and will hopefully be posting my review …

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SPFBO 8 Author Spotlight: Audrey Simmons with Child of the Moon

Hello! This lovely mid September day, I present you with Audrey Simmons, a writer (and digital artist - she makes lovely maps, by the way!) I met on Twitter some day ago, who published her debut novel and SPFBO 8 entree, Child of the Moon, earlier this same year! At her birth, Neoma was dubbed the Child …

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SPFBO 8 Author Spotlight: K.E. Andrews with The Assassin of Grins and Secrets

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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SPFBO 8 Author Spotlight: Jean Gill with Queen of the Warrior Bees

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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SPFBO 8 Author Spotlight: A.C. Cross with When Blood Runs Gold

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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SPFBO 8 Author Spotlight: Patrick LeClerc with The Beckoning Void

Self-published fantasy can be so many things. Yesterday, we had Leslie Conzatti with her SPFBO 8 entree, which was a fairy-tale retelling. Today, we have a fantasy set in Victorian London by history major, Patrick LeClerc: The Beckoning Void. Emelia DuMond is an actress, her skill at adopting and changing her identity lifting her from …

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SPFBO 8 Author and Book Spotlight: Leslie Conzatti with The Princess of Undersea

Welcome back to the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 8 Author and Book Spotlights on Raina Nightingale's Paths of Fantasy, this fine August 10nth, when the Summer is more than half-gone! Today we have Leslie Conzatti with us, featuring her novel, The Princess of Undersea, which was originally intended to be part of an anthology. It also …

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Tales of Hope and Hostages: Author Interview with Anna Tan (Noblebright Spotlight)

Hello! Today, we have Anna Tan with us. She grew up in Malaysia, the country that is not Singapore, and she writes fantastical stories and fairy tales, and has short stories included in various anthologies. Anna is going to talk to us about what the genre of Noblebright means to her, and how that has …

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SPFBO 8 Author and Book Spotlight: Kyoko M. with The Black Parade

The Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 8 Author and Book Spotlight continues! Today we have Kyoko M. (which is a pretty name) with her SPFBO entree, The Black Parade, an urban fantasy with a down-to-earth protagonist and angel lore. Jordan Amador. 21. New Yorker. Waitress. Mild alcoholic. Murderer. Two years ago, Jordan accidentally shot and killed a …

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SPFBO 8 Author Spotlight: Hannah E. Carey with The Hunter: Tales of Pern Coen

Hello! The SPFBO (Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off) 8 Spotlights have made it to August! (For more information about the Blog-Off, you can visit the organizer, Mark Lawrence's, page here). Today we have Hannah, who has years of experience running an equine business (in case anyone doesn't know what that means, it's something having to do with …

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