Five heavily edited drafts later, the first 1/3 of A Warrior’s Penance is off to the beta readers. Finally! For various reasons, this has been a remarkably difficult section for me to write, and at this point, I simply don’t have perspective anymore to figure out the flaws. Here’s a figurative toast to the beta…
Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful fathers out there!
Davis: Today, I get to interview Jonathan Renshaw, author of the fantastic Dawn of Wonder, the first volume of his planned Wakening series. This is the self-published novel that I recently reviewed and absolutely loved. I thought it was one of the finest self-published fantasy work since Anthony Ryan’s seminal Blood Song, and one of…
There was and is a popular tendency to bash Tolkien as being too influential in the fantasy genre. It’s what all the cool kids do. Tolkien, after all, is that most dreaded of individuals: an old, white male. Can there be anyone less worthy of respect in today’s popular culture? However, in terms of the…
Davis: Today I’m excited to be joined by Eric Fomley, owner and proprietor of The Grimdark Review and co-blogger of the recently formed Grimdark Alliance. Eric has a passion for fantasy, and especially the grimdark variety. He’s active on some of the same forums that I am, and so I thought to myself, ‘Self, why…
Dawn of Wonder is the stunning debut novel by Jonathan Renshaw and is also the first in his The Wakening epic fantasy series. The story is the coming of age tale of a young boy named Aeden, and from that perspective, the book may sound trite, but it succeeds in ways so many similar novels fail….
Had a great time at ConCarolinas yesterday. I was especially glad to meet Michael Hogan (Colonel Tigh on the Battlestar Galactica reboot). What a wonderful, generous man. He was so giving of his time to everyone. I also met some famous and semi-famous authors, and it’s always kinda weird meeting them; putting a real human…
I’m excited to interview Jacob Cooper, author of the Amazon and Audible bestselling Circle of Reign. Jacob, welcome to the show and congratulations on your recent award. I understand Circle of Reign won Gold for Fantasy in the 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY). Congratulations! And you can purchase the book here on Amazon. Davis: Circle…
I’m glad to see these arrests, and hopefully, it will only be the start. I’d like to see these guilty men impoverished and imprisoned for what they have done. But it’s not because I care about the money they stole or with which they were bribed. It’s because of five thousand young men. According to…
What a gut kick to learn that she’s passed away. Her books were so influential in the entire fantasy landscape, and I wish more people knew about her books, especially the Paradys novels and the Tales from the Flat Earth. She could write creepy mood and evocative setting like no one else and incorporate horrific…