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.

Cabin Girl Launch Tour: Author Interview with E.G. Bella

Hello, everyone! Cabin Girl is a historical fiction about a girl disguised as a boy who gets kidnapped by pirates, by author E.G. Bella. It came just yesterday, on the 18th, so I'm interviewing E.G. on the blog today! First a quick look at Cabin Girl. Eight years ago, young Éirinn O’Connell’s papa disappeared at …

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SPFBO 9 Author Spotlight: H.C. Newell with CURSE OF THE FALLEN

Hello! SPFBO 9 is about to get started, and I'm once again offering spotlights to my fellow SPFBO authors in this great Blog-Off. If you'd like to know more about the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off, you can check out Mark Lawrence's page here. Now, let's introduce you to Curse of the Fallen by H.C. Newell, who's …

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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.

Believing in Hope: Author Interview and Book Spotlight with Melinda Kucsera (Noblebright Spotlight)

It's two days until Christmas, and I have another noblebright author with a great deal for you! Melinda Kucsera writes epic fantasy when she's not being kidnapped by dragons or chased by other fictional dragons. And her trilogy, The Curse Breaker is on 99cent sale this week! She got a BookBub Deal! Well, let's get …

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Return to the Light: Author Interview with Jack Adkins (Noblebright Spotlight)

Hello! It is almost Christmas, and today we have Jack Adkins with us. Jack Adkins is a seasoned veteran of Dungeons & Dragons and many other RPG games, who's finally gotten around to sharing the imaginative stories he's been spinning for over thirty years with the world. I recently had the privilege of reading (and …

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To Stand Alone, To Stand Together: Author Interview with Laura Brewer (Noblebright Spotlight)

Hello, everyone! It's almost mid-way through December, and today we have noblebright author Laura Brewer with us. Laura writes fantasy and sci-fi, and she enjoys being a grandmother, grower of herbs, baker of treats, sometimes potter, and servant of cats. She is currently on a new fantasy series with her husband, Roland and her novel, …

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A Human, Not a Monster: Author Interview with Rune S. Nielsen (Noblebright Spotlight)

Hello! Today we have noblebright epic fantasy author Rune S. Nielsen with us. In addition to being an author, Rune likes to draw, play fantasy card games, and he lives by a lake where he gets to observe swans and geese for his drawings. Rune S. Nielsen is here to share with us a bit …

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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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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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