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28/12/2020

2020 Has Not Been Completely Shit and Here is Definitive Proof

You heard me. I’d normally consider doing the Indifferent Ignorance awards, but I don’t feel like dedicating time to ignorant people… they are the reason I spent Christmas Day in tier 4. I’m also mindful that it’s important to count our blessings, not our curses, so in this post I’m going to share some of… Continue reading

23/12/2020

So ‘The Princess and the Dragon and Other Stories About Unlikely Heroes’ is out as an ebook. Behold, my guide for getting a free copy!

Oi oi! So you remember all the posts about writing and/or pitching The Princess and the Dragon and Other Stories About Unlikely Heroes? I try not to either. Anyway, THE EBOOK IS OUT NOW. You can purchase it from all the usual retailers and leave gushing reviews on GoodReads, etc. etc. If you’re not doing… Continue reading

(All Hail) Creation, Books, dragonnovel

ebooks from libraries, Indifferent Ignorance, pay it forward books, The Princess and the Dragon and Other Stories About Unlikely Heroes by Francesca Burke

04/07/2020

A Fully Scientific Review of The Lord of the Rings Films, by a Fantasy Writer Who Somehow Missed The Lord of the Rings Until Now

Yeah, I know. I do remember watching the films about 15 years ago and clearly retained nothing, because watching them recently was a completely novel experience. I knew the basic beats of the story – ring, quest, defeat evil – but never really got round to properly watching or reading them. It took me long… Continue reading

Books, Films

‘The Hobbit’, classic novels, fantasy novels, female characters in The Lord of the Rings, Indifferent Ignorance, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, The Two Towers

11/11/2019

Read, If You Like: Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Steifvater

I wrote a review for The Raven Boys about three millennia ago, so as Call Down the Hawk has been something I’ve looked forward to since Maggie mentioned it on Twitter in 2016, it felt fitting to do my current version of a review, which is Read, If You Like. As with all of the reviews-slash-vague-recommendations I do,… Continue reading

Books, Read If You Like

‘The Raven Cycle’, Call Down the Hawk, Indifferent Ignorance, looking for a car, Maggie Stiefvater, tarot cards