Author Interview: Jade Kerrion

Today’s author interview features Jade Kerrion who’s here to talk about how she got into writing and her latest novel, Perfection Challenged. 1. Do you recall how your interest in writing originated? I started writing at the age of thirteen when my school essays were returned to me with a bunch of ‘A’s scrawled over […]

The Long Road: The Truth About Self-Publishing

Are you ready to hear the truth? Are you sure? It’s quite simple. For many of us writers out there, the only way we are going to see our work in print is through self-publishing. The problem is that only a few of us writers out there are suited to the rigors of self-publishing. This […]

Book Review: Max Brook’s World War Z

Its very rare to find a peice of creative writing that goes beyond just being a clever use of words, structures and gimmicks that is worthy of commercial and literary success; and yet World War Z is just such a work. A great many people will be put off by the oral history (interview) format […]

Book Review: Camdeboo Nights by Nerine Dorman

My rating: 4 of 5 stars To relegate Camdeboo Nights to being a mere gothic romance would be unfair and inaccurate, although a romance between a vampire and a young woman is at the center of this tale. Despite its misleading cover, Camdeboo Nights is an urban fantasy novel mixing western superstitions with the more […]

Manga: The Enigma of Anime

Originally posted on Fabulous Realms:
‘Manga’ is now officially defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as a ‘Japanese genre of cartoons, comic books and science fiction films, typically with a science fiction or fantasy theme (the Japanese definition is slightly different, but more on that anon). Since the days of Akira, quality Japanese animation has…

Worlds Without End

Originally posted on Fabulous Realms:
This is going to be a sort of companion piece to my recent post One Hundred Realms. In that article I discussed the various genres and sub-genres within the fantasy field. I think that most people would agree that, whatever type of fantasy novel you’re writing or reading, an intricately…

Book Review: Shianshenka, the Rise and Fall of the Perfect Creation by Rowen Sivertsen

My rating: 5 of 5 stars This isn’t my normal reading fare. What initially piqued my interest was the author’s ambitious attempt at creating a multimedia experience by linking in animated videos, pictures, lyrics and musical notes and performances. So I took a chance and accepted the request for a review. The art direction for […]

Upcoming Reviews for March and April 2013

This is what my reading list is looking like for March and April. Up first is Peter James West’s The Information Cloud, the first book in the dystopian Tales of Cinnamon City. Next up is Shianshenka, the Rise and Fall of the Perfect Creation, Rowen Siverston’s psychedelic multimedia book that explores the meaning of life, and finally, Sean Benham’s Blope, […]

Review: The Golden Queen, A Masterclass in Resonance

My rating: 4 of 5 stars David Wolverton (better known by his pseudonym, David Farland) is a master of utilizing resonance in writing, a fact that is starkly evident in the Golden Queen. The book resonates strongly with the Star Wars mythos, which makes sense as Wolverton has written a number of Star Wars expanded […]

2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,500 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 6 years to get […]