An Open Letter to Gary L.M. Martin, the very worst author.

Whoo boy, where to begin. First some backstory. In one of my discord communities, somebody linked us to the author Continue reading →

My Top 3 Books of 2020

2020 was a horrible year for pretty much the entire world. Like many others, I suffered a great deal of Continue reading →

On SFF, Gender, and Expanding Boundaries

Recently there was big news in SFF when author Victoria Schwab signed a million dollar deal with Tor books. This Continue reading →

The Shelf Life of Secret History During Interesting Times, by Tom Doyle

My American Craftsmen trilogy is a saga of magician-soldiers and psychic spies. It has a backstory in which Poe and Continue reading →

Writing Fiction in a Time of Genuine Crisis, by Patrick S. Tomlinson

A funny thing happened to me one year ago today. A random tweet throwing shade at the typical right-wing response Continue reading →

Novel and Interesting Magic Systems Part 2

Welcome back, readers, to the second instalment of my look at interesting and novel magic systems. The first article can Continue reading →

Novel and Interesting Magic Systems Part 1

One of the most enduring tropes in fantasy as a genre is the presence of magic in the setting. Magic Continue reading →

Top Five Books Not Published in 2015

Well it’s that time of the year. The time of lists. And no review site would be complete with a Continue reading →

The Forgotten Realms

The Forgotten Realms is a fantasy setting which was created by Ed Greenwood in the 1960s, which came to commercial Continue reading →

Ranking, Rating and Reviewing

It is pretty much a given, in the internet age, that if there is a website where you can buy Continue reading →

Five Ways to Never End Your Story

Don’t you just hate it when a book or film has so much promise? Interesting characters, a rich setting, well-paced Continue reading →

‘A Memory of Light’ A Triumph of the Will?

So I came into the final chapters of A Memory Of Light with certain opinions, expectations, and ideas about how Continue reading →

Meanwhile, Over There

When authors create an original world, especially one with a great deal of depth, it becomes tempting if not necessary Continue reading →

The Broken Empire Trilogy: A Retrospective

Having just finished Emperor of Thorns which brings the Broken Empire trilogy to a close, I’ve decided, given the breadth Continue reading →