Katharine Wibell’s lifelong interest in mythology includes epic poetry like the Odyssey, Ramayana, Beowulf, and the Nibelungenlied. In addition, she is interested in all things animal whether training dogs, apprenticing at a children’s zoo, or caring for injured animals as a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. After receiving degrees from Mercer University in both art and psychology … Continue reading
Category Archives: Interview
Creating Welcome to Harmony: an interview with Dan O’ Mahony
Dan O’ Mahony has been a lifelong fan of the fantasy genre. It is the home of dreamers and outsiders who do not feel quite at home in the ‘normal world” but know, deep down, that they are heroes at heart destined for epic adventures and great deeds. He currently resides near Chandler, Arizona but … Continue reading
Creating Dead Dreamer: an interview with Sarah Lampkin
Sarah Lampkin is a New Adult/Young Adult fiction author from Southern Virginia. She currently resides in Northern Virginia with her cat, Fox (who is practically a dog). When she’s not writing, she’s playing video games, rock climbing, or getting ready for hunting season. Sarah began writing over a decade ago with her first novella called … Continue reading
Creating Fugue & Fable: an Interview with Darin Kennedy
Darin Kennedy is the author of over twenty books, including one of my favorite recent reads, The Mussorgsky Riddle. The novel is the first of his Fugue & Fable trilogy. I confess, most of the fiction I’ve been consuming lately has been either in the form of an audiobook or helpfully read to me by … Continue reading
Creating Child of Destiny: a Guest Post/Mini Interview with M.K. Adams
Child of Destiny The Rising Saga Book 1 by M.K. Adams Genre: YA Fantasy A young orphan on the run from the King. A warlock with the power to protect her. And, the fighter holding them together. The Rive, a realm ruled by the iron grip of a war-hungry King, is on the brink of … Continue reading
Creating Grave Humor: an interview with R.J. Blain
R.J. Blain is the author of the series Magic Romantic Comedies (With a Body Count). She suffers from a Moleskine journal obsession, a pen fixation, and a terrible tendency to pun without warning. In her spare time, she daydreams about being a spy. Her contingency plan involves tying her best of enemies to spinning wheels … Continue reading
Creating Gwendolyn Gray: an interview with B. A. Williamson
Hi, everyone! Well, we’re halfway through April, and I’m happy to say we’re back on our regular interview schedule. I’m very excited to have as our guest today B. A. Williamson, the author of The Chronicles of Gwendolyn Gray. I wrote up a review of the second book in this series back in February, and … Continue reading
Creating Beware the Night & Defy the Sun: an interview with Jessika Fleck
Defy the SunJessika Fleck(The Offering Series, #2)Published by: Swoon ReadsPublication date: March 10th 2020Genres: Dystopian, Fantasy, Young Adult ~ In this electrifying YA dystopian sequel to Beware the Night, Veda is captured and leveraged against her best friend, who fights for the opposing force. ~ Civil war has come to the island of Bellona. Veda Adeline … Continue reading
Review and Interview: “Running Wild” with Gemma L. Brook
Running Wild Anthology of Stories, Volume 3 by Cecile Sarruf (Editor) Genre: Speculative Short Fiction Age category: Adult Release Date: September 15th 2019 Review Well, my post-2019 self has finally gotten into gear, and we’re back with another author interview and review. After diving into some short fiction with Ken Liu’s collection The Hidden Girl … Continue reading
A Violet Fire: Review and Interview
A Violet Fire by Kelsey Quick Genre: Fantasy Age category: Young Adult Release Date: December 9th, 2019 Kelsey Quick is a novelist, artist, and businesswoman who loves her husband, huskies, and video games. Since the age of two, Kelsey has been bound and determined to create. From traditional impressionist paintings, to digital comic creation; from … Continue reading
Shattered Bonds by Faith Hunter: Interview & Review
Editor’s note: As noted on our Facebook page, we are now doing reviews alongside each author (or, in this case, character) interview. Hopefully this puts the interview in more context and will let you the readers find something new to love. This review will contain minor spoilers from Dark Queen, the twelfth book of Faith … Continue reading
Creating Merlin’s Shakespeare: an interview with Carol Anne Douglas
Carol Anne Douglas is an author who has loved Shakespeare since she watched A Midsummer Night’s Dream when she was a child. She identifies with the character Nick Bottom because she wants to play every part, which only a writer can do. She is an avid reader of Arthurian and Shakespearean literature. Her previous fantasy … Continue reading