The Fey Man
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Why Don’t Readers Like Thomas Rymour?
Some people don’t like the protagonist of the Realm Rift Saga. But you’re not meant to. Find out why.
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Meet the Heroes (and Villains) of The Fey Man
Every story needs good characters. Well, that’s not true. I know of plenty of stories with paper-thin characters. But the best stories have incredible, compelling characters with their own arcs. And The Fey Man is full of characters like that (or so readers tell me, anyway). Meet the heroes and villains that will keep you…
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How to draw fantasy maps
If you’ve read more than a handful of fantasy books, you can easily deduce that fantasy authors love maps. We assume that fantasy readers love maps too, which is why we keep putting maps in our books. I think it’s a safe assumption but, if it isn’t, fantasy maps are here to stay anyway; of…
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How to save money on the ebooks you want
Do you buy your ebooks from Amazon? If so, I’ve found an ebook price tracking website that you really should check out! Have you ever bought an ebook only to see it for a cheaper price just days later? It’s annoying, isn’t it? The last time that happened to me, I’d bought a Star Wars…
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The Fey Man has been named Quarter-Finalist for the EFF Reader’s Choice Award!
Well this is pretty exciting news: The Fey Man has been named Quarter-Finalist for the Epic Fantasy Fanatics Reader’s Choice Award! The award is called an Epic Fantasy Fanatics Readers’ Choice Award (an EFFy for short), and The Fey Man was up against some incredible competition. It was even more gratifying to get to the…
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5 Reasons Why Reviewing Books Makes You A Better Person
If you review the books you read, congratulations! This post is all about you and some of the many reasons why you rock. If you don’t review the books you read, don’t worry; this post is going to tell you why doing so is a good idea, and just how amazing you’ll be once you…
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What makes The Fey Man a Faerie Tale?
So I’ve written a blog post about why The Fey Man is full of elfs and not elves (TL;DR the word ‘elf’ came first and it feels right). But a discerning reader on Twitter made an excellent point: in the very same post, I called the Realm Rift Saga a ‘Faerie tale’. Why didn’t I…
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Prince Valiant Title Sequence: Unlikely Inspirations
Arthurian myths play a big role in The Fey Man. You might think I read and researched a lot of those myths. Perhaps you have a romantic image of me in a montage of reading books, cross-referencing articles, leafing furiously through pages before finally falling asleep on a pile of books, glasses askew. Perhaps you…
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Of Brian Sibley and Quotes
I used to think that I was a lucky person. In fact sometimes it felt like I lived on luck, that there was a steady trickle of it that would never drown me but might one day decide to leave me high and dry. But I’ve changed my mind over the past few years, in…
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Artist Howard Coates on The Fey Man Maps
I recently unveiled the gorgeous new maps for The Fey Man, drawn by artist Howard Coates. Here a few words from the man himself about the process of creating those maps. I grew up loving fantasy worlds such as Discworld and The Lord of the Rings. Whilst reading I would often pore over the maps…
