My dark fantasy book The Unburned Island is on tour this week. I’ll also be giving away a $25 Amazon gift card and a e-copy of the book. Follow me on Twitter to keep updated on each tour stop. Each day, I’ll be updating this post with the latest tour stops. Check below for today’s…
Vidar was frowning again. Neru tapped his friend’s foot under the table to get his attention. Vidar had been staring out the train window since they sat, eyes locked on Beleondin City as it shrank behind the trees. “It was nicer than I imagined.” He’d been saying that same line for the past week. Like…
Have you ever tried researching your genre’s audience? Just Googling fantasy readers? You won’t find a lot. Most of the content is usually dated or you can’t vet them. I’ve tried using those databases you can only access through your school or local library. Even then, it’s difficult to find genre market research data. Why…
Pirate’s Curse: Division 1 by Leigh Anderson & Rebecca Hamilton (The Berkano Vampire Collection) Publication date: October 22nd 2017 Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal Once upon a time, a vampire and a witch fell in love, and that love fractured the world. Now divided into sixteen isolated Divisions, the world is an unstable and dangerous place. In the Division…
Today Chantal Gadoury & A.M. Wright, Parliament House Publishing, and Rockstar Book Tours are revealing the cover and the trailer for their YA Hansel & Gretel Retelling! Check out the awesome cover and enter the giveaway! Title: THE SHRIKE & THE SHADOWS Author: Chantal Gadoury & A.M. Wright Pub. Date: March 3, 2020 Publisher: Parliament House Publishing Formats: Hardcover, Paperback,…
Ever come across a scene that looks straight out of a fantasy book? I guess that may be different for everyone. From what I’ve seen, most see it as photos of people dressed as elves, royalty, fairies or other fantasy characters or people being digitally altered to look like mythical creatures. Here are some examples:…
Fantasy novels are often set in a Medieval Europe-inspired location. Even I tend to default to that location because I come across that more often when reading fantasy or even watching fantasy movies. I need to read more fantasy book set in non-Western locations. Months ago, I read Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, a fantasy…
You’re in a new place, exploring it, taking 100s of photos. At the end of the day, you look over the photo and delete ones that don’t work. World builders, you might want to think a bit before you delete those bad photos. It’s like when you’ve written a terrible story. You don’t delete it….
I abandoned one book because I realized halfway through that I hadn’t read most of it. The story seemed to be 90% filler. I skipped it all because I was waiting for the book to get the point. 50% in, no point in sight. Classic case of an interesting story ruined with bad writing. Want…
Welcome to the Week in Links, a roundup of the latest articles for fantasy, sci-fi and horror readers and writers. Writing and Book Marketing You can now apply to be verified in Instagram Book Business: A Bookseller Interview Book Marketing: 10 Ways To Get Reviews For Your Book Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue…
