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SFF Addicts Ep. 152: Writing for Different Mediums with Luke Arnold (Writing Masterclass)

April 29, 2025 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly as they delve into a writing masterclass on Writing for Different Mediums with author/actor Luke Arnold. During the episode, Luke breaks down his approaches to four different mediums (prose, comics, screenwriting and video games), including expressing your creativity through various mediums, learning from other mediums, researching and understanding your medium, as well as comparing story structure, pacing, expectations, character development and worldbuilding across mediums.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Masterclass, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Black Sails, Greta Kelly, Interview, Luke Arnold, M. J. Kuhn, Masterclass, Orbit Books, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, The Fetch Phillips Archives, The Last Smile in Sunder City, Whisper in the Wind

Review: The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

April 26, 2025 by Isabelle Leave a Comment

Synopsis Hart is a marshal, tasked with patrolling the strange and magical wilds of Tanria. It’s an unforgiving job, and Hart’s got nothing but time to ponder his loneliness. Mercy never has a moment to herself. She’s been single-handedly keeping Birdsall & Son Undertakers afloat in defiance of sullen jerks like Hart, who seems to […]

Filed Under: Cozy Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews, Romantic Fantasy Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Megan Bannen, Orbit Books, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

SFF Addicts Ep. 151: Luke Arnold talks Whisper in the Wind, Acting, Noir & More

April 22, 2025 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly as they chat with author/actor Luke Arnold about his new novel Whisper in the Wind, the pros and cons of writing a series, character development in The Fetch Phillips Archives, his nostalgia for films and video games, lessons learned from acting, audiobook narration and voice acting, noir inspirations and tropes, urban fantasy and genre mashups, creating compelling mysteries, keeping setting/themes fresh and much more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Black Sails, Greta Kelly, Interview, Luke Arnold, M. J. Kuhn, Orbit Books, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, The Fetch Phillips Archives, The Last Smile in Sunder City, Whisper in the Wind

Review: Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy

April 16, 2025 by Isabelle Leave a Comment

Synopsis Desperate to undo the curse binding them to each other, an impulsive sorcerer and his curmudgeonly rival venture deep into a magical forest in search of a counterspell—only to discover that magic might not be the only thing pulling them together. Leovander Loveage is a master of small magics. He can summon butterflies with […]

Filed Under: Action & Adventure, Cozy Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews, Romantic Fantasy Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Maiga Doocy, Orbit Books

Review: Fathomfolk (Drowned World #1) by Eliza Chan

April 5, 2025 by Isabelle Leave a Comment

Synopsis Welcome to Tiankawi – shining pearl of human civilization and a safe haven for those fleeing civil unrest. Or at least, that’s how it first appears. But in the semi-flooded city, humans are, quite literally, on peering down from skyscrapers and aerial walkways on the fathomfolk — sirens, seawitches, kelpies and kappas—who live in the polluted waters […]

Filed Under: Asian Inspired, Climate/Environment, Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Climate fiction, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Orbit Books

Review: Grave Empire (The Great Silence #1) by Richard Swan

April 3, 2025 by chilcottharry Leave a Comment

This is a brilliant beginning to a new horror fantasy trilogy that I really hope catches on, as I’d love to see more overt horror in the fantasy genre. Grave Empire rules, and you need to read it right now!

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Horror Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Best Fantasy 2025, Book Review, Books, empire of the wolf, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Grave Empire, Horror, Horror Fantasy, Orbit Books, richard swan, The Great Silence, the justice of kings, The TRials of Empire, The Tyranny of Faith

Book Review: Third Rule of Time Travel by Philip Fracassi

March 24, 2025 by Andy Peloquin Leave a Comment

TL;DR Review: Slow beginning ratcheting up to a high-suspense ending. An easy-reading time travel novel light on science and high on emotions. Synopsis: Rule One: Travel can only occur to a point within your lifetime.Rule Two: You can only travel for ninety seconds.Rule Three: You can only observe.The rules cannot be broken. In this riveting […]

Filed Under: Time Travel Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Orbit Books, Science Fiction, Time Travel

SFF Addicts Ep. 144: How to Train Your Character with C. L. Clark (Writing Masterclass)

March 4, 2025 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly as they delve into a writing masterclass on How to Train Your Character with award-winning author C. L. Clark. During the episode, Cherae works out the fundamentals of character strength and training, including the body and the stories we tell ourselves, convincing fictional examples of physicality, how the body affects plot and character, biological sex, body type and societal standards, how to determine your character’s starting strength, an early defeat and setting the stakes, finding the ideal method for training your character, satisfying climaxes, boss battles, injuries and more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Masterclass, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Ambessa, Arcane, C.L. Clark, Greta Kelly, Interview, M. J. Kuhn, Magic of the Lost, Masterclass, Orbit Books, Riot Games, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast

Review: The Radiant King (Astral Kingdoms #1) by David Dalglish

March 4, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

The Radiant King by David Dalglish

Synopsis Six immortal siblings. Five sworn to peace. One demands a throne. Radiance, the mysterious power of life and creation, is theirs to command. Death cannot claim them. For hundreds of years, the ever-living ruled with ease. Yet when the world is nearly broken beneath their reign, the humbled six swear a They will sit […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: David Dalglish, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, immortality, Orbit Books

SFF Addicts Ep. 143: C. L. Clark talks Ambessa: Chosen of the Wolf, Arcane, Teaching & More

February 25, 2025 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly as they chat with award-winning author C. L. Clark about her tie-in new novel Ambessa: Chosen of the Wolf, Arcane, League of Legends and writing for a major IP, giving Ambessa more heart and complexity, the Magic of the Lost series, the influence of The Wheel of Time on her writing, teaching and editing, melding big and small-scale themes, writing badass female characters and much more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Ambessa, Arcane, C.L. Clark, Greta Kelly, Interview, M. J. Kuhn, Magic of the Lost, Orbit Books, Riot Games, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast

Book Review: Grave Empire (The Great Silence Book #1) by Richard Swan

February 4, 2025 by Andy Peloquin Leave a Comment

TL;DR Review: Bigger, more epic, and far more horror-drenched. A brilliant start to a tonally different but no-less-engaging new trilogy in one of my new favorite fantasy worlds. Synopsis: Blood once turned the wheels of empire. Now it is money. A new age of exploration and innovation has dawned, and the Empire of the Wolf stands to take […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Flintlock Fantasy, Horror Fantasy, Military Fantasy Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Orbit Books

SFF Addicts Ep. 140: Creating a Shared Universe with Richard Swan (Mini-Masterclass)

February 4, 2025 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Creating a Shared Universe with bestselling author Richard Swan. During the episode, Richard lays out the foundations for creating a fictional shared universe, including what a shared universe is, examples of shared universes (such as the MCU, Star Wars and Discworld), giving your world depth through details, languages, geography and more, the chronology of a shared universe, keeping track of world history, loose shared universes vs. linear shared universes, avoiding problematic plot holes, writing in different formats and more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Masterclass, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, empire of the wolf, Grave Empire, Greta Kelly, Interview, M. J. Kuhn, Masterclass, Orbit Books, richard swan, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, the justice of kings

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