Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson, M.J. Kuhn and Greta Kelly as they delve into a writing masterclass on How to Write Battle Scenes with author Anna Smith Spark. During the episode, Anna arms herself for war (and writing), exploring why we love battle scenes, how to study and analyze historical battles, the immersion/cinematography of a battle, laying the seeds of conflict, approaches to warfare across cultures, setting and styles of battle, scale and shifting perspectives, realism and the aftermath of battle, heightening emotional resonance, war councils, expectations, foreshadowing and more.
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Cover Reveal: Kingdom of Lies (Sunborn #2) by Isaac Hill
The cover reveal for Issac Hill’s latest novel.
Review: Children of the Gods (Age of Fire #1) by S.A. Klopfenstein
Synopsis: May the world be brighter for our burning. At the edge of a war-torn world ruled by the Attican Empire and their fearsome Dragonmounts, the fate of nations falls upon a few individual destinies. A shaman. A huntress. A soldier. And a rebel spy. The Faltari people are special, gifted by the gods with […]
Book Review: The Scour (An Empire of the Wolf Novella) by Richard Swan
TL;DR Review: Things are far darker than they appear, but justice must be done. A story as utterly Vonvalt as I could have asked for! Synopsis: A HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSE A JUSTICE ACCUSED OF MURDER AND A SINGLE QUESTION What is The Scour? In the dying port town of Gdansburg, Sir Konrad Vonvalt finds the unthinkable: […]
Review: The Ascenditure (Daughter of Summit and Sea #1) by Robyn Dabney
The Ascenditure might be one of the most fun books I’ve read this year—a fresh breath of mountain air.
Shadows Upon Time (Sun Eater #7) by Christopher Ruocchio
Synopsis The seventh and final novel of the galaxy-spanning series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe at last lights the greatest fire humanity has ever seen. The trumpet sounds. The end has come at last. After his victory at Vorgossos, Hadrian Marlowe finds himself a fugitive, on the run […]
Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes, #2) by Travis Baldree
Synopsis Return to the cosy fantasy world of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree, a freshly baked adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller Fern. Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but now, in the face of crippling ennui, transplants herself to […]
Review: Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer
Synopsis: Ruth is trapped. She’s stuck in her small, religious hometown of Kill Devil, Kentucky, stuck in the closet, and stuck living paycheck to paycheck. After her manager finds out that she lives with her girlfriend, Ruth is fired from her job at New Creations—a craft store owned by the church that dominates life in […]
Cover Reveal: The Sunrise Dagger (Memories of Kenjir #2) by Abel Montero
Blurb “The empire is splintering, the gods’ dominion falters, and rebellion spreads like fire.In the shadows of war, loyalties fracture and dangerous secrets rise to the surface. From Napur’s cutthroat court to cities on the edge of chaos, six lives collide in a storm of betrayal, survival, and revelation. As old bonds are tested and […]
Into the Storms: A Hell Divers Prequel by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Synopsis In the shadow of extinction, legends are forged. From The New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith comes Into the Storms, the untold origin story of humanity’s darkest day. Two and a half centuries before the Hell Divers, the Machine War erupted—autonomous killer robots turning Korea into a battlefield that threatened to consume civilization. As the […]
Medusa by Rosie Hewlett
Synopsis You know her name, you know her story. Just not the right one… Within the depths of the Underworld the formidable snake-haired Gorgon has finally had enough. Tired of being eternally and unjustly brandished a villain, Medusa has found the courage to face her tragic past and speak out. Determined to expose the centuries […]
Review: Shoot Me in the Face on a Beautiful Day by Emma E. Murray
The return of horror’s new transgressive star Synopsis Birdie lost everything when her son died. Now, on track to rebuild her life, she has to evade her abusive partner Russ’s rage and manipulations while also worrying about a home-invading serial killer that has descended on her community. Told through multiple POVs, from a decomposing murder […]