Rachel Rener Rachel Rener is the author of THE LIGHTNING CONJURER Series, a critically-acclaimed contemporary fantasy with elements of magical realism and romance. Her most recent release, THE GIRL WHO TALKS TO ASHES, remains at the top of Amazon’s bestsellers list. She graduated from the University of Colorado after focusing on Psychology and Neuroscience. Since Read More
#Indieaugust Author Spotlight: Derek Nelsen
Derek Nelsen Derek Nelsen was born in New Jersey and raised in North Carolina. A second generation Norwegian American, his grandparents emigrated to the US, settling in Norwegian neighborhoods in New York. Within a generation these wonderful people left NY to find a better life for their families in the country. New Jersey, the Garden Read More
#Indieaugust Author Spotlight: Caedis Knight
Caedis Knight Caedis Knight is the pen name of two established fantasy authors Jacqueline Silvester and N J Simmonds. Jacqueline and Natali met at London’s Young Adult Literary convention in 2017. Jacky had just launched the first book of her Wunderkids series, and Natali was there with The Path Keeper, the first book in her Read More
#Indieaugust Author Spotlight: G.V. Pearce
G.V. Pearce G.V. Pearce is a mysterious being said to haunt the North York Moors, but is otherwise as yet unclassified by science. Rumour has it that they can be summoned by leaving coffee in a faery circle at midnight. G.V.’s books with Improbable Press include their Sherlockian mystery Ghost Story and Strangest Day So Read More
Camp Nano 2021- July Review
One more day until Camp NaNo ends, but it’s the last Friday of the month so you’re getting a Camp NaNo review for this year. How about that? I can already say I didn’t complete my goal of writing 130 sprints because so much has happened this month, 130 was a stretch even before the Read More
Book Tour: Kings and Daemons by Marcus Lee
Thank you to The Write Reads for providing a free copy in exchange for an honest review by taking part in the blog tour. Unfortunately, I’ve been ill and not be able to read as much as I wanted, so I’m doing a first impression instead of a review. A full review might come later. Read More
r/Fantasy Bingo – July update
It’s been a few months since r/Fantay’s bingo started and some people have already finished the card. I’ve only finished ten squares but have a few books that can still fill up more squares. I’m really enjoying myself and hope to get a few more books off my TBR this way since the majority of Read More
Review: The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk
I read The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk as part of the Kobo Plus program. It’s nice to see traditionally published books also being included in the program, and I really wanted to read this one. Fantasy romance stories with regency elements are my jam! (Have I mentioned Stephanie Burgis lately? She writes more Read More
BBNYA 2021 – Semi-finalists
Round two of BBNYA is currently underway. The panellists are reading nine or more 10k word excerpts from the books, and scoring them. We’ve still got some time but we’re cooking up some exciting things for the authors in the meantime. But the authors aren’t just playing the waiting game! EG Radcliff had organised a Read More
Camp Nano 2021- July Experiment
Every (camp) Nano, I will try some new things to try to optimise my writing process. This year, I wanted to try tracking my writing sprints instead of words. It’s much harder for me to get those 1667 words on the page (if 50k is the goal) than it is to schedule a few writing Read More
