Promise of Blood Review

So you like fantasy, but you don’t think it has enough guns. Well then, I suggest you take a look at Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan. It is the start of his debut trilogy the Powder Mage Trilogy and it’s full of muskets, mages and fantastical beasts. A good start for any author.    The book begins with a coup that...

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How To Insult People Like An Eighteenth Century Ruffian

Hello once again dear readers! What have I got in store for you today I hear you cry! Why, insults of course! I should probably elaborate on that point. This post is going to show you a couple of ways to make your insults authentic but still have some punch behind them. So as a bit of a warning this post has some language that’s a bit...

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Review: Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor

I will admit that I wasn’t the biggest fan of Daughter of Smoke and Bone the first title in this particular trilogy (also named Daughter of Smoke and Bone). It was a thoroughly interesting setting and the characters were vibrant, but the romantic element of the book (for me) began to overwhelm the rest of the book, and although the...

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5 Ways To Make You A Better Writer

The post today is all about different ways to improve your writing. Of course the best way is to write, write and then write some more! But here are a few ways to mix it up and try new and exciting methods at becoming the best writer you can be. Writing VERY Short Stories This challenge is based on the literary legend that Ernest Hemmingway was challenged to write a story using only six words. Hemmingway did so with the story:...

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