Well seeing as the WFC has released a much more detailed schedule let’s talk about that! You can now see the details of the wonderful things that they have on rather than just the glorious titles! So I thought that today I would chat about some of the ones that have jumped out at me … More Update of the Beard, WFC2013 and Book Covers (For some reason)
Okay, considering that I thoroughly enjoy The Dresden Files, I suppose it shouldn’t come as a shock that I enjoyed Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch. Another first person urban fantasy, magical detective novel, but this time set in London. For anyone reading in American it’s possible that you’ve seen it under the guise of … More Rivers of London Review
Okay, I’m going to start this week’s article off with a couple of points just for some context. First off, I get most of my reading done on the train to and from work, because it’s nice to just have an hour either way that I can just spend reading without worrying about chores, blogging … More When I Finished Malazan (Or the Day I Cried on the Train)
So how do you explain magic? Well that’s just it, isn’t it? It’s magic, it is the unexplainable, the fantastic and the absurd. But more and more magic is becoming a quantifiable thing within fiction as more heavily imposing ‘magic systems’ are written into fiction. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good magic system, … More The Mathematics of Magic
Last blog post I talked about planning your novel and a couple of methods that should make your planning more effective. So this time after we’ve done some planning we’re going to do some research (kind of). This post is all about a beginner’s guide to fantasy. Maybe you’ve started watching Game of Thrones and … More Where to Begin!? A Quick Starters Guide to Fantasy
When I was thinking about what to write for my first article, I found that I had too much choice. There’s so much that I want to write about and this is only one post! So I started planning the topics I want to cover and how I want to cover them, and then it … More SMART Snowflakes!
Alex S. Bradshaw 