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Fantasy and Steampunk Anthologies Aplenty!
I’m currently sitting outside, enjoying the cool air and the “silence” of my rural surroundings. You can always tell a writer who’s grown up in the suburbs or the city and hasn’t spent much time out in the woods or the country, because they’ll write about the characters experiencing the “silence of the night air”…
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Raven and the Crow Author Interviewed on TV!
If you’re a fan of the Raven and the Crow series and you’ve never met the author, now’s your chance to at least see him! Michael K. Falciani was recently interviewed by a TV station local to his area. ABC’s KOLO 8 spent a segment covering Michael’s writing career with specific emphasis on his newest…
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Dare I say, better than the Belgariad/Wheel of Time, and now available on Amazon.
That is my honest to the Gods opinion about The Raven and the Crow series, and not just me being biased. I have enjoyed both of the series above thoroughly, but what Falciani has created keeps me clambering for the next book, (book 4 is already in work btw). In Book Three, Shores of Blood,…
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The Best Fantasy/Sci-Fi Romance to Fill Your Day
I’m not typically one to read the romance genre. I like romantic subplots in the stories I read, and I’m always striving to get better at adding it into the stories I write, but reading pure romance for pleasure really just isn’t my thing. Unless you add in some speculative fiction elements, that is! I…
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A New Year, New Books, and New Conventions!
(Well, that last part isn’t quite true, but it sounded good so I went with it.) We’re already two weeks into January, and the first convention has come and gone! Chattacon 49 went from January 12th to 14th and, according to William Joseph Roberts, it couldn’t have gone better. Ol’ Hillbilly served as Toastmaster for…
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Do New Year’s Resolutions Work?
I’d say it really depends on the individual and that individual’s circumstances. It’s easier for some than for others, due to a strong sense of discipline or maybe a household and work life that isn’t as chaotic as others. Some set a really high bar, one that’s unattainable and leads to discouragement and abandonment once…
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Why We Love Contests and Conflict
As a general rule, humans love a good contest. Whether it’s a spelling bee (do any schools do those anymore?), an artistic contest, a fishing competition, or an MMA match, each of these involve contestants stepping into the figurative (or literal!) arena. They do so to pit their skills and experience against others, in order…
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Are you ready for the changing of the seasons?
And where the hell did the month of September go? The last few months have been an absolute blur around here at Raven Central. With the excess amount of extra life stuff on top of Cons, family time, and my own writing time, it’s been freaking packed to the gills. Besides a bit of housekeeping…
