Recommended for any fantasy fans, but particularly high-fantasy. 4 out of 5 stars. I picked this up as a random freebie, and just kind of slotted it into the TBR pile. I’ve now devoured it in the last day, mostly because it could very well win SPFBO and become ‘cool’. Well, take that other guys, […]
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Fantasy Book Review – The Rose Crown, by Catharine Glen
The first of many female fantasy books reviewed in the next several months! I’ll be posting all of these on the blog, but you can also folllow them on my Goodreads account, where I add thoughts as I go through. Happy reading… ————————————– *Three out of five stars.* The Rose Crown was a fast, pleasant […]
Kings of Paradise Theme Songs
I did an interview for JustKindleBooks the other day, and they asked me a question about writing habits and music I thought was fantastic: ‘Do any of your characters have theme songs?’ I sort of laughed and said yes and listed a couple. But the truth is my fascination with music while I write is […]
What is Low Fantasy? And Ten Examples.
A few people have asked me what exactly low fantasy is. I suppose as with any genre the definition isn’t exactly clear or perfect. It’s not really new, either. You might, for example, call greek mythology ‘low fantasy’. Or you might call it ‘magical realism’. But I digress. Paraphrased, Wikipedia describes low fantasy thusly: Low […]
On Writing – It doesn’t get easier
At least not for me. For any budding scribblers out there now grasping for the closest bottle, perhaps the best I can say is ‘it hasn’t gotten easier, yet’. It has only been a couple years, and I suppose tomorrow could be different. But it seems to me writing is not like playing a musical […]
