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: Palmer Pickering with HELIOTROPE

Hi! So, apparently, one of my Spotlight/Interviews falls on the 1st of June and the official beginning of the 9nth annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off. That honor goes to Palmer, who's been writing fiction since she was eight (incidentally, this is the same age I started, too!) and her novel ... Heliotrope Genre: Epic Fantasy/Heroic …

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It is a New Year! Updates and Promotions/Sales!!

Hello. The first week of a new year has just passed, and I have a handful of announcements to make. One of them is that my short story, Krissela has been accepted for Morian Press' anthology, Apologue of the Immortals! You can find out a little more about the world of Krissela on this brand-new …

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SPFBO 8 Author Spotlight: Rune S. Nielsen with A Company of Adventurers

This week's SPFBO 8 Author is Rune S. Nielsen! We had him here only yesterday for a Noblebright Spotlight, and he's back again today for one with more of a focus on the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off! This is not Rune's first time in the Blog-Off, but it might be his last for a while. With …

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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: J.C.M. Berne with Wistful Ascending

Hello! Welcome back to the Self-Published Fantasy 8 Author and Book Spotlights with Raina Nightingale. Sometimes, the weeks tend to have something of a theme to them. Yesterday's spotlight was D.H. Willison with Hazelhearth Hires Heroes, a book that doesn't quite fit into conventional genres, perhaps by touching too many of them. Today's spotlight is …

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