The Self Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC) is kicking off it’s second year! After a rocky start last year a lot of things have been smoothed out to make it easier for the judges. The contest takes 300 submissions of self-published scifi books, spreads them across 10 teams of judges and, over the course of […]
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Book Tour/Spotlight: The Gathering of the Four (BOOK ONE OF THE SERRULATA SAGA) by A.E. Bennett
Hi everybody! Welcome to my spotlight for A.E. Bennett’s The Gathering of the Four. Below you will find all the book information, where to find it and a collection of quotes! Synopsis “In the Realm, every citizen knows their place.” Leora of Mae is a young woman orphaned at birth and raised on a remote farm. As a […]
Book Tour/Review: Divinity’s Twilight: Rebirth by Christopher Russell
Synopsis A world consumed by war . . . An ancient evil resurrected . . . A millennia old bargain comes due . . . When two blades clash, the third will fall, and the fate of all will be jeopardized. To save Lozaria, the failures of the past must be atoned for by a […]
Book Tour/Spotlight Post: Birth Of The Storm by Valerie Storm
Book Information:Birth of the Storm by Valerie StormSeries: Demon Storm #1Genre: YA FantasyIntended Age Group: 16 – 24Pages: 325Published: June 13, 2022Publisher: Shadow Spark Publishing Book Blurb: Kari, a young wolf demon, learns her parents’ isolation is justified when they’re killed by humans from the village near their mountain home—humans who found them because of […]
Review: Eversion by Alastair Reynolds
Alastair Reynolds is a sci-fi author who is typically at the top of the genre lists when looking at the best of modern sci-fi. I read his first book in the Revelation Space universe and found it enjoyable but was not particularly compelled to keep reading. I’ve been wanting to give his work another shot (that was his first published novel after all) and when I saw Eversion was a shorter standalone novel, I had the perfect opportunity.
Book Tour/Spotlight: Envy by Tim Beeden (Seven Deadly and Four Novels #2)
Book Information: Envy by Tim BeedenSeries: Seven Deadly and Four NovelsGenre: FantasyIntended Age Group: AdultPages: 293Published: May 9, 2022Publisher: Self Published Blurb: When Charlie Lightfoot plays his fiddle, people listen. More importantly, they pay. It could be that music is Charlie’s way out of a tough life on the Backstreets of Calver. There are, however, plenty of people who are only too […]
Spotlight/Book Tour: Bad Girls Drink Blood by S.L. Choi
Hello there! Welcome to my stop on the Bad Girls Drink Blood Book Tour, brought to you by Escapist Tours. Below you will find a synopsis as well as an excerpt from the novel itself. Enjoy! Book Information: Bad Girls Drink Blood by S.L. ChoiSeries: Blood Fae DruidGenre: Urban FantasyIntended Age Group: AdultPages: 436Published: May […]
Book Tour/Guest Post: Music as Inspiration by B.A. Bellec
Where does something like “Perduto” come from? It wasn’t where I started that is for sure! To get to that I had to write an award-winning young adult coming of age novel (Someone’s Story) and accompany that with four folk songs. Then I pivoted to writing a dystopian sci-fi horror series with an entire album […]
Book Tour/Guest Post: Writing from the Perspective of an Artist by T. A. Bruno
I’ve been working as a previz artist for a decade now and it feeds into everything I do! For the uninitiated, a previz artist is someone who is tasked with creating a sequence for a movie in pre-production, usually involving a lot of Visual Effects. We use accurate camera data so that when we finish, production […]
Book Tour/Guest Post: On Dragons by Rita A. Rubin
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always loved fantasy and I’ve always loved dragons. Growing up, if anything had dragons in it, it immediately caught my attention. So I don’t think it came as a surprise to anyone who knew me that the first book I wrote was a fantasy about people who […]
Book Tour/Review: Daros by Dave Dobson
Synopsis: High above Daros, sixteen-year-old Brecca Vereen prepares to unload a cargo of trade goods aboard her father’s ship, the Envy’s Price. Nellen Vereen shows her a mysterious artifact bound for a contact below, one that will earn them a lot of credits, and one that they definitely won’t be declaring to customs. Materializing out […]
Interview with Mark Holloway – author of The Aspect series
The Aspect Series by Mark Holloway is quickly becoming a contender for one of my favourite series of all time so I was beyond excited when Mark agreed to an interview to celebrate the release of book #2, The Soul’s Instruments. I was lucky enough to be sent an ARC of the second book and […]