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Lauren McMenemy

Here’s One For The Folkloric Fantasy Fans!

Attention folklore and fantasy lovers! There’s a wonderful Kickstarter campaign underway featuring

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PS Livingstone

BFS Online: Writing Your Way – Plotter or Pantser?

A discussion on the preparation, or lack thereof, for writing a book. Do you have timelines,

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PS Livingstone

BFS Online: Writing Your Way – The Influence of Experience

A discussion on how lived experience impacts the words and way we write. Why do certain stories

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Kit Whitfield
Kit Whitfield

The Research Rabbit Hole, or, Great Big Useful Cheating Devices

Kit Whitfield has some tips to stop you follow the white rabbit too far down that research

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PS Livingstone

BFS Online: Writing Your Way – POVs

A conversation about different points of view and what they do for your book. Are we leaving enough

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PS Livingstone

BFS Online: Writing Your Way – Interview with Tiffani Angus & Val Nolan

Two heads are better than one! Tiffani Angus and Val Nolan, authors of Spec Fic for Newbies Vol. 1,

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SL Deeming

The Fireborne Blade

Once the King’s favourite, Maddileh is now a knight disgraced, searching for an opportunity to

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Burn the Negative

Okay, I’m hooked before we even start, as I have to admit I’m a sucker for horror novels about

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The Honey Witch

THE HONEY WITCH by Sydney J. Shields Orbit Books. h/b. £18.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. As she

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The Last Bloodcarver

When Daltanny invaded the little island of Yarong, they found Heartsoothers, men and women who have

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The Festival of Hungry Ghosts

The Festival of Hungry Ghosts by Stephen Frame Champagne Book Group, kindle, £3.25 Reviewed by

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The front cover for Red River Seven by A. J. Ryan. The cover is red. There is a trail of black smoke weaving down the middle of the page, thin at the top and thick at the bottom. The title works are in white running down the middle of the page.
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Red River Seven

RED RIVER SEVEN by A.J. Ryan RED RIVER SEVEN by A.J. Ryan. Orbit Books. p/b. £9.99. Reviewed by

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