Join host Adrian M. Gibson as he delves into a writing masterclass on Memory & Time with bestselling author Mark Lawrence. During the episode, Mark unlocks the secrets of the mind, including how memory and time play into the human experience, the relationship between memory and identity, forgetting and how memories change across time, the role of emotions in forming memories, collective stories and history, unreliable narrators and narratives, flashbacks and non-linear story structures, revealing the passage of time and more.
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Books That Ought to Go On the Same Charcuterie Board as THE TRIDENT AND THE PEARL
A guest post by Sarah K. L. Wilson about the inspirations and compliments to THE TRIDENT AND THE PEARL.
Cover Reveal: The Rill Lord (The Triempery Revelations #6) by L. L. Stephens
First, reminders of the covers for Books 1-5You can order those here https://amzn.to/3NwzEYh or here L. L. Stephens – Forest Path Books 🙂 But maybe let’s get to what you really came for.. Right? Yeah? Sound good? Perfect. Here WE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Blurb The Wall has been destroyed—and magically restored—by Dorilian Sordaneon. Instead of welcoming him […]
SFF Addicts Ep. 195: Mark Lawrence talks Daughter of Crows, Assassin Schools, SPFBO & More
Join host Adrian M. Gibson as he chats with bestselling author Mark Lawrence about his new novel Daughter of Crows, writing an older protagonist, showing a character across their life, new twists on assassin schools, evoking an eerie atmosphere, drawing inspirations from pagan mythologies, the meaning of “grimdark,” the evolution of self-publishing and SPFBO (the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off), working in mathematics, hard science, “detail porn” and more.
Review: Netflix’s Kingdom
I’ve recently taken to reviewing some things other than just books. Normally not as in-depth, but also sometimes pretty intensely. I figure, if it’s media that I think others may find enjoyable, then why not share it? First, I reviewed some movies, like Predator: Badlands and 2025’s Frankenstein, then some interesting games, like Still Wakes […]
Cover Reveal: A Murder Most Fungal (The Hofmann Report #1.5) by Adrian. M Gibson
Blurb The knives are out in this fast-paced, standalone Fungalverse novel. Set several months after the events of Mushroom Blues, this side story combines the culinary wonder of Jiro Dreams of Sushi, the kitchen chaos of The Bear, and the explosive tension of Hong Kong crime thrillers. In the aftermath of the “Fuyu Massacre”, riots and whispers of […]
Cover Reveal: The Shadow Over Psyche Station by Yuval Kordov
Blurb Cosmic horror meets incensepunk in this sci-fi reimagining of H.P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow Over Innsmouth. All who linger in the void suffer, poisoned by an excess of darkness and a deficit of gravity. Nowhere is this more apparent than Psyche Station, an aging mining outpost in the asteroid belt. When ore shipments from the station […]
Cover Reveal: He Who Ate the Wild by G.J. Terral
Blurb I have grown hungry. Grief no longer nourishes me. I will eat the wild. Whisper your prayers, light your candles, watch your steps, cherish your life, and— most importantly— never let the spirits hear your name. These were his mother’s rules before she disappeared. And Kazuki followed them, even when a malevolent spirit ripped his […]
SFF Addicts Ep. 194: Writing Romantasy with Carissa Broadbent (Writing Masterclass)
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson &Greta Kelly as they delve into a writing masterclass on Writing Romantasy with bestselling author Carissa Broadbent. During the episode, Carissa opens the door to the heart of romantasy, including what the subgenre is and why it’s so immensely popular, romantasy’s target audience, organically interweaving romance and fantasy, the importance of characterization in romantasy, sex and the spectrum of spice levels, representations of sexual violence in romantasy and more.
Cover Reveal: Orbital Drop by Steve J. McHugh
Blurb As a member of the Wardens, Celine Moro is tasked with protecting the UnionEmpire from those who seek to harm it.The civil war that engulfed the empire has been over for decades, but when she’sasked to infiltrate and capture a criminal who was once an enemy to the Union, shesoon finds herself dragging up […]
Review: Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy
Synopsis On one day in 1989, 43 infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Seven are adopted by billionaire industrialist Sir Reginald Hargreeves, who creates the Umbrella Academy and prepares his “children” to save the world. In their teenage years, though, the family fractures and […]
SFF Addicts Ep. 193: Carissa Broadbent talks The War of Lost Hearts, Hybrid Publishing, Marketing & More
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson & Greta Kelly as they chat with bestselling author Carissa Broadbent about her new novel Mother of Death & Dawn and The War of Lost Hearts series, building up broken characters, balancing big stakes with intimate moments, finding hope in dark times, differences between self-publishing and traditional publishing, truths about marketing and product visibility, the indie-to-trad pipeline, hybrid publishing and book rights, debates about the “romantasy” label and more.