Here’s my over the top October TBR. Those that have followed my Instagram for years already know, but for those new here, I always try for shorter reads for Spooky Season, but then I choose 900 anyway… with the job I have I will probably end up doing way more audiobooks too. I figured I’d put […]
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SFF Addicts Ep. 123: Modernity & Building Believable Futures with T. R. Napper (Mini-Masterclass)
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Modernity & Building Believable Futures with award-winning author T. R. Napper. During the episode, Tim unpacks the complexities of modernity, exploring what modernity is, its relationships with hardboiled fiction and cyberpunk, confronting modernity in real life, relevancy and genre expectations, worldbuilding and crafting believable futures, thematic resonance, historical context fact vs. fiction and more.
Author Chat – Jelena Dunato (Ghost Apparent, Dark Woods, Deep Water)
Jelena Dunato is an art historian, curator, speculative fiction writer and lover of all things ancient. She grew up in Croatia on a steady diet of adventure novels and then wandered the world for a decade, building a career in the arts. Jelena’s stories have been published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, The Dark, Future SF and Mermaids Monthly, among […]
COVER REVEAL: A Deliberate Act of Violence (The Assembly #2) by Steve McHugh
Blurb An undead investigator hunts a recently turned vampire with a lust for violence in this dark urban fantasy from the author of the Riftborn series. The peace between humans and vampires balances on a knife’s edge, ready to descend into murderous chaos at any moment. It’s up to the Assembly to discreetly clean up […]
SFF Addicts Ep. 122: T. R. Napper talks The Escher Man, Cyberpunk, Memory & More
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with award-winning author T. R. Napper about his new novel The Escher Man, living abroad and cultural immersion, balancing parenting and writing, cyberpunk and Australia, memory and technology, the creative process and philosophy, writing in the Aliens universe, trunked novels, unreliable narrators and much more.
SFF Addicts Ep. 121: Researching for Fantasy with Christian “Miles” Cameron (Mini-Masterclass)
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Researching for Fantasy with author Christian “Miles” Cameron. During the episode, Miles takes a deep dive into research, exploring how research provides convincing surface details, methods for researching, balancing historical fact and creative freedom, lived research and reenactment, combat and swordfighting, systems and worldbuilding details, when to stop researching and more.
SFF Addicts Ep. 120: Christian “Miles” Cameron talks Deep Black, Routine, History & More
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with author Christian “Miles” Cameron about his new novel Deep Black, what he’s learned after publishing 50(!!!) novels, writing both speculative fiction and historical fantasy, his daily routine and staying productive, how worldbuilding and plotting tie together, trade and economy in fiction, travel experiences, genre as a construct, tabletop RPGs and much more.
COVER REVEAL: Legend of Tal: A Queen’s Command – Deluxe Edition by J.D.L. Rosell
The Legend of Tal is back with the second deluxe edition! Pledge to campaign for A Queen’s Command, Book 2 in the bestselling epic fantasy series, to receive a book with: If you missed the campaign for the first book, never fear! Copies of A King’s Bargain are also available. Follow this page to be notified when the […]
SFF Addicts Ep. 119: Content Creation 101 with Evan Leikam, Mike’s Book Reviews & Kay’s Hidden Shelf (Masterclass Panel)
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn for a masterclass panel on Content Creation 101, featuring Evan Leikam from Book Reviews Kill, Mike from Mike’s Book Reviews and Kayla from Kay’s Hidden Shelf. During the panel, Evan, Mike and Kayla lay out the fundamentals for getting into content creation, including how they started, the big content platforms, editing software and recording equipment, content length on different platforms, algorithms and originality, connecting with your audience, monetization and advertising, reviewing books, receiving ARCs, relationships with publishers/authors and more.
Australian & New Zealand Author Showcase No 27 – Livia J Elliot
An idea squeezed into my head in 2023, after seeing so many of the book community gathering at conventions across the US and UK. And once my FOMO subsided, I got to thinking about who might be gathered together if we had similar conventions closer to home. Pending the master planning required to arrange a […]
Cover Reveal: Slug Train by Chad Retterath
FanFiAddicts, have we got something special (and more than a little weird) for you! Late last year, we had a blast doing the cover reveal for Chad Retterath’s The Masked Crows: Well, Chad is back with another cover–and let me tell you, it’s odd enough that it has me curious! What’s this book you might […]
COVER REVEAL: The Battle for Britannia (Ships of Britannia #5) by E.M. Kkoulla
If you hadn’t had a chance to check out the covers for the first (4) novels in the series 🙂 Blurb THE SERIES REACHES ITS EPIC FINALE! Without her vessel and reduced to her Shipbody, Maia is helpless to turn the tide as the Fae sweep ever onwards, intent on re-conquering Britannia. The Usurper controls […]