Friday Conversation Ep 99 | Embracing the New Era of Reader Support & Storytelling in Books and Games w/ Michelle West, chibipoe & Jose’s Amazing Worlds

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A Deep Dive into R. Scott Bakker’s ‘The Warrior Prophet’ Chapters 1-4

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Friday Conversation | Ep 98: Cheers to Fantasy Taverns, Literature and Comic Books w/ Chris Mohan, Carl D. Albert, Varsha & Jarrod

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Dark Oak by Jacob Sannox, featuring a dryad rising up from the forest, illuminated by moonlight.

Dark Oak by Jacob Sannox

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Weekly Pulls – Pick of the Week Episode 23 | Gumaa #1 & Underhiest #1

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Friday Conversation | EP 97: Navigating the World of Book Reviews w/ Mikes Book Reviews, Carl D. Albert, Chris Mohan, Jarrod & Varsha

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The novel Never Die by Rob J Hayes, featuring a group of warriors standing in yellow grass below an overcast sky.

Never Die by Rob J Hayes

“sometimes one can only be victorious in defeat” In Never Die, the first in a series of…

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Weekly Pulls – Pick of the Week Episode 23

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Cinephile Saturday: Aliens

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A Deep Dive into Poetry: Robert Frost’s ‘The Road Not Taken’

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Friday Conversation | EP 96: Exploring the Art and Impact of Prose in Storytelling w/ AP Canavan, Janny Wurts, Carl D. Albert, Susana Imaginário & Jarrod

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The Crew by Sadir S Samir, featuring a varied gang of adventurers in front of a huge Middle Eastern palace.

The Crew by Sadir S Samir (SPFBO9 Feature)

The ninth Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off writing competition is well underway, and our 10 finalists have already…

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Weekly Pulls – Pick of the Week | Episode 22

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November Wrap-Up with Chris Mohan & Jarrod

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Cinephile Saturday: Alien

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DEEP DIVE – PART 5

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Friday Conversation | Ep 95: Storytelling

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Weekly Pulls – Pick of the Week Episode 21

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Interview with Author Steven A. Guglich & Narrator/Author Sean Pratt

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The Darkness That Comes Before Part IV: The Warrior – Spoiler Discussion

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Friday Conversation | Ep 94: Characters Part II

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DEEP DIVE- PART 4

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DEEP DIVE- PART 3

This week’s purpose is to break down Theme and Form into its most basic definitions: Theme is:…

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Friday Conversation | Ep 93: Characters Part I

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The novel Temeraire by Naomi Novik. A sinewy black dragon is wrapped around the image of a British Navy warship in the Napoleonic era.

Temeraire by Naomi Novik

Temeraire (or His Majesty’s Dragon in the US) is the first book in Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series…

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DEEP DIVE – PART 2

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Weekly Pulls – Pick of the Week Episode 18

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CRITICAL ANALYSIS DEEP DIVE 1

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Friday Conversation | Ep 92: The Anatomy of Fear w/ Holly Tinsley, Tim Hardie & Zamil Akhtar

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October Reading Wrap-Up w/ Varsha, Jarrod, Muriel, Paromita & Chibipoe

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Friday Conversation | Ep 91: Haldane B. Doyle, The Purple BookWyrm, Jose’s Amazing Worlds & Paromita

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Daughter of Eden, the third novel in the Dark Eden series by Chris Beckett. Snow-capped mountains tower over a still lake, below a dark sky.

Daughter of Eden by Chris Beckett

Daughter of Eden is the third and final book in the Dark Eden Trilogy. In this review…

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Books Undone: A Book-Analysis Podcast

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Friday Conversation | Ep 90: David T. List & The Fantasy Thinker

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Mother of Eden, the second book in the Dark Eden Trilogy by Chris Beckett. Showing mountains under a dark sky, illuminated by a mysterious green glowing light, viewed across a still lake.

Mother of Eden by Chris Beckett

This is the second of three weekly posts, where I rave about the genius of Chris Beckett…

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CHOICES

Last week I brought up the topic of Player Characters and the choices (or lack of) they…

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The Seven Prophecies: The adventure so far…

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A Conversation with Nicholas Kotar

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Talking MANIFEST DELUSIONS with Michael R. Fletcher & Clayton W. Snyder

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The Darkness That Comes Before Part I: The Sorcerer – Spoiler Discussion

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Friday Conversation | Ep 89: Sarah Chorn & Carl D. Albert

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Friday Conversation | Ep 88: Michael R. Miller, ThePurpleBookWyrm & Paromita

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The novel Dark Eden by Chris Beckett, showing snowy mountains in the distance below a star-filled sky. Fireflies float in the foreground, rising up from a dark forest of bare trees.

Dark Eden by Chris Beckett

The Dark Eden Trilogy is undoubtably one of my favourite sci-fi series of all time. Over the…

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WORLD BUILDING

Part of the appeal of playing Dungeons and Dragons, especially during my younger creative years, was building…

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Friday Conversation | Ep 85: Will Jordan (The Critical Drinker), Anthony Self & Chris Mohan

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A War to End All Discussion

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The Iron Crown, a novel by LL MacRae, featuring a golden circlet inlaid with a dragon decorated crown.

The Iron Crown by LL MacRae

The Iron Crown by LL MacRae was released in 2021 and was a finalist in the seventh…

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THE LEAP (You Tube beginnings Part 2)

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Friday Conversation | Ep 84: Josh Erikson, Jose & Paromita M.

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A War to End All Chapters 28 – 46 Discussion

Varsha, Dan and I discuss chapters  14 – 37 of A War to End All by Michael…

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HOW TO TELL A BOOK BY ITS COVER THROUGH THE LANGUAGE OF PICTURES | Part V

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THE SEARCH (you tube beginnings part 1)

A Critical Journey

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COVER REVEAL: Song of the Mysteries by Janny Wurts

We’re thrilled to participate in the cover reveal for Song of the Mysteries, the 11th and final…

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Friday Conversation | Ep 84: Dwain Worrell & Chris Mohan

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A War to End All Chapters 14 – 37 Discussion

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A Conversation with Benedict Jacka (Alex Verus, Inheritance of Magic)

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AND THE AWARD GOES TO…

Secret Agent X

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