Cozy Vales A Shared World Cozy Fantasy Project I’ve been working with a group of authors to bring this fantasy world to life. Step into the queendom of Cozy Vales to meet ogres, witches and lots more in Winter Tales from Cozy Vales. It’s a little different to my other work as the stories are […]
What I’m Reading I’ve really enjoyed Accidental Magic by Iris Beaglehole recently. It’s the start of a series, and can be described as Gilmore Girls mixed with Charmed style mystery with sarcastic main characters. It will really make you want to live in their town and get to know these characters. Get it here: amazon.com/dp/B09SK43S2K
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Happy New Year! (And good riddance to the last). Welcome to my new series of authors writing fantasy fiction. The first one for 2021 is Isa Pearl Ritchie, an author of speculative fiction from Wellington, New Zealand. 1. Tell us a little about yourself.I’ve been writing novels for pretty much my whole adult life, over
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Welcome to my new series of authors writing fantasy fiction. First up, we have Jamie Sands, an author who is based in Auckland and writes in a range of genres. Their latest release is a cozy story about a librarian witch. I’m so looking forward to reading this one! 1. Tell us a little about
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The first three books from the Contemporary Witchy Fiction group of authors are out! During the lockdown, a group of kiwi authors that I’m part of, decided to write cozy witchy tales. Because we all need something hopeful right now, where the end is not nigh and love can prevail. These are uplifting stories set
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At the very last minute, I had a chance to attend the Nebulas at the end of May. It was a virtual conference run by SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America). My highlight of the weekend was the panel on Advanced Imposter Syndrome. I love any honest psychological discussions about writing because creative
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Where are we going? This is what novels set in a future world ask us to consider. Any book set in the future is likely to have a well-thought out world based on the author’s projection. It may contain critiques of the social and cultural structures in today’s society. Often, these books also contain potent
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Today’s discussion question asks if you have read a book because of the cover. I have definitely bought a book because of the cover – The Price of Time by Tim Tigner. I love any book that plays with time; time-slip, time travel, alternate realities, flashbacks, glimpses of the future. So I couldn’t resist this
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I love so many of the classics; 1984, Pride and Prejudice and all the other stories by Jane Austen, Wuthering Heights, Day of the Triffids. There are so many great classics for children, that I loved and I am encouraging my kids to read too – like A Wrinkle in Time, the Narnia series, Little
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What is not to love about this classic? Jane Austen’s novel is a biting social commentary from the very first line: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” The tale has been re-told in countless modern books like Pride
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