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Author Interviews: Steve Diamond
…soldiers are anticipating the battle to come. The fear on their faces. The knowledge that they may not make it through the coming battle. The dread. To me, that’s one…
Blog-off Entry Commentary: On Beginnings
…examples of this that it’s ridiculous. Let’s talk about general stuff to avoid though: Slow pacing Starting too early in the story Description heavy Cliché History of the cosmos Describing…
The Grave Thief
…comment on fanaticism, ethics in politics and war, duty, loyalty, and fear – but mainly it’s angry daemons an’ stuff.” See, even Tom was worried a bit! So, how was…
Servant of a Dark God
…Talen, is entertaining to read. He borders on being whiny at times, but it is easy to overlook due to his actual progression through the novel. He takes the “coming…
Dead and Gone
…us laugh, and we enjoy it when an author intentionally makes us laugh through comedy rather than the alternative… DEAD AND GONE , is the latest entry into the Sookie…
Windup Girl
…for the reader. Yet, contrary to the pacing, the novel is actually a quick read. Maybe this was a result of hoping that something awesome would come in and completely…
Procession of the Dead
…in very vague glimpses and flashes (yeah we know, it’s cliché, but it is handled well). Capac comes to The City and gets in the “good graces” of the man…
Nights of Villjamur
…Byrnd, the Commander of the Night Guard (the elite, personal guard to the Emperor and his family). The PoVs jump around quickly (and come from more characters than the ones…
Office of Shadow
…one had this scope that just felt BIG. It had history, it had gods, it had complexity… it had world-building! I was completely blown away by the strides it seemed…
City of Burning Shadows
…truly going to be one of the best of the contest. The first chapter gave me the character. The second chapter was the setting. The third chapter detailed the problem…
