Category: Military Fiction
Writing Your Fighting (the complete story)
Originally posted on Traveling Light:
Visit me at the Virtual Fantasy Con Sunday, Oct. 9 !! https://www.facebook.com/events/518395788285240/?active_tab=posts I’ve been having some conversations with writers about writing fight scenes, and I thought it might be a good idea to put some information out there. A lot of writers write fight scenes that are, to be honest,…
Novel Excerpt: A Game of the Forever Throne
#30days30authors I’m presenting a panel at the Virtual Fantasy Con #VFC2017 this October on “Realism in Fantasy Warfare.” It’s a stick in my craw that a lot of fantasy writers, especially writers of high fantasy, do not give enough consideration to the battles and wars that their characters are embroiled in. If you’re going to […]
Read More Novel Excerpt: A Game of the Forever ThroneWarfighter: Hoth
Originally posted on The Angry Staff Officer:
Strap yourselves in, folks, it’s time to ruin yet another timely classic by giving it the old “analyze it to death” treatment. And this time, we’re going back a ways. A long time ago, to be exact, in a galaxy far, far away. More precisely, we’re going to…
Warfighter: Middle Earth
Originally posted on The Angry Staff Officer:
When I think of the six warfighting functions I always think of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. What, you don’t? Let’s be honest, one does not immediately think of fantasy or science fiction when conversations turn to Army doctrine. Most vignettes that are used to make the…
Chasing Fireflies Launch Party!
Have you RSVPed to our launch party on Facebook? We’re going to be hosting a HUGE Rafflecopter giveaway with $100, $35, and $15 Amazon gift cards up for grabs! Rafflecopter Link Coming Soon In addition we have an all-star line-up of authors from the Fantasy, Sci-fi, and Romance genres. These authors will be hosting their […]
Read More Chasing Fireflies Launch Party!A Few Good Elves on FanFiction.net (As Promised)
Originally posted on The Toy Soldier Saga:
Here’s my profile on FanFiction.net. The prologue and the first chapter of A Few Good Elves have been edited and posted and more will follow at a rate of one chapter about every two days or so. Enjoy! If you want to see the Toy Soldier Saga completed…
It’s All in the Rigging: 9 of the Best Boats in Fantasy
By Fran Wilde Once upon a time (cough, August 6, 2013, actually), Tor.com published “I Hate Boats,” by Carl Engle-Laird. Carl’s gone on to brilliant things, but I still want to argue with him about the post, and especially this sentence in particular: “Whenever my beloved protagonists get on a boat, I groan, put the […]
Read More It’s All in the Rigging: 9 of the Best Boats in FantasyChasing Fireflies Available NOW for Pre-Order!
Featuring “The Eye of the Storm,” a story about Shaundar and Y’Anid from the Toy Soldier Saga! Chasing Fireflies is a collection of 9 summer romance stories from all genres including contemporary, sci-fi, fantasy, and speculative fiction. From Janae Keyes: It was supposed to be an escape, falling in love was never part of the plan. […]
Read More Chasing Fireflies Available NOW for Pre-Order!Rebranding the Toy Soldier Saga
Originally posted on The Toy Soldier Saga:
You may have noticed that I’m making some changes around here. In light of long years of trying to get the attention of Wizards of the Coast, to no avail, I have decided to revamp and rebrand the Toy Soldier Saga to scrape out all the Wizards related…
