Posted in Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, On the Spotlight, Paranormal, Series, Vampires, Virtual Book Tour Guests, tagged blood forsaken, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, star davis, Vampires on July 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Touring the blogosphere this month is fantasy author Star Davis, whose debut novel, BLOOD FORSAKEN, is a pre-quel to her new Divica series. Everyone who comments under this post will receive a PDF sample of the first three chapters of Blood Forsaken. Just contact her directly at info@stardavies.com and let her know you’re interested. Those [...]
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Thanks for stopping at The Dark Phantom today. Tell us a bit about your latest book, and what inspired you to write such a story.
The first three novels of my Iskander series are my current releases, with the third due out in July. They feature a small group of modern people stranded in an alternate [...]
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Rosemary Jones works for an opera company (writing, not singing) and has been a writer for several different types of community newspapers and trade magazines, including a stint on a Chinese-language newspaper and writing for a maritime magazine. Her nonfiction books include a series on book collecting published by Schroeder and her short stories have [...]
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Joan Upton Hall taught English for twenty-eight years. During that career, she was editor and cartoonist for a teacher newsletter, The RRAFT Report, which won state and national awards. Now a full-time freelance writer, she instructs creative writing classes, speaks at writers’ conferences, is the North Texas representative for ByLine magazine, and serves for the [...]
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Posted in Fantasy, Interviews, Pagan, Paranormal, Reference, Spiritual, Witches, tagged magic, wicca, Pagan, paganism, spell, chant, prayer, blessing, magic spell, elizabeth barrette, composing magic, writing fantasy, pagan authors, quotes on June 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Editor, teacher and Pagan priestess Elizabeth Barrette writes articles, essays, short stories, reviews, interviews, and poetry. She’s the author of the reference book, Composing Magic, a must-read for fantasy authors. In this interview she talks about magic spells, Paganism, and writing fantasy, among other things.
Welcome to the Dark Phantom Review, Elizabeth. For those readers who [...]
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Posted in Dark Fantasy, Dark Fiction, Ezines, Fantasy, Horror, Interviews, Short Fiction, Vampires, tagged Ezines, Fantasy, Horror, niteblade, rhonda parrish on May 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today on the Dark Phantom Review is Rhonda Parrish, editor and founder of the new horror ezine, Niteblade. Tell us a bit about Niteblade. When and how did it get started?
Niteblade is quite new, the June issue will be the fourth one out. I started Niteblade in May of 2007. I’d heard people claim that [...]
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Posted in Fantasy, Interviews, On the Spotlight, Romance, Uncategorized, tagged Fantasy, mystical, r. leigh, Romance, the winds of asharra on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
R. Leigh’s novel, The Winds of Asharra, combines elements of fantasy, romance, mysticism, and philosophy. In this interview, the author talks about her inspiration for the book, the creative process, and her writing habits, among other things. Most interestingly, she stresses the importance of a writer’s working environment.
Were you an avid reader as a [...]
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Why don’t you start by telling us a bit about your latest book, WILLING SACRIFICE, and what inspired you to write such a story?
Willing Sacrifice subtly covers a number of topics. It’s a book about stubbornness, trust, truth, and learning about oneself. Hah, makes it sound brainy doesn’t it? Not! Lol. [...]
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Posted in Fantasy, Horror, Interviews on October 1, 2007 | No Comments »
Literary agents, beware… It’s time for payoff!
I recently had the opportunity to chat with novelist James Richard Larson, whose latest release is The Right Thing. Larson talks about his inspiration for this novel, his other multi-genre books, and marketing and promotion, among other things.
What was your inspiration for your horror novel, The Right Thing? [...]
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Posted in Fantasy, Interviews on September 11, 2007 | No Comments »
Why don’t you start by telling us a bit about your latest book, LADY OF THE LAKES, and what inspired you to write such a story?
LADY OF THE LAKES is the story of Corryn, a young outcast from his village who encounters Jess Lochlen, Lady of the Lakes, so-called because she travels via the [...]
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