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Exclusive Interview: “Storm Furies” Author Wen Spencer

 

Not everything fits into a neat little package. Take the story Wen Spencer wanted to tell in her urban fantasy novel Harbinger, which was the sixth book of The Elfhome Series. Despite her best efforts, the story she was trying to tell in Harbinger couldn’t physically fit into one book, so she split off the second half, which has just been released as Storm Furies (hardcover, Kindle).

In the following email interview, Spencer talks about what inspired and influenced Storm Furies, as well as how the split came about, and how she originally wanted to call this second book Harbinger Book Two.

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Exclusive Interview: “In The Shadow Of The Fall” Author Tobi Ogundiran

 

Like a lot of us, writer Tobi Ogundiran knows many stories about the Norse and Greek gods. And like a lot of us, he hasn’t experienced nearly as many about the Yoruba gods; though it’s not for lack of trying, but a lack of them. None of the Yoruba gods have been recruited to be superheroes in the MCU; none have fought Kratos in the God Of War games; none have had songs sung about them by Kiss or Led Zeppelin any other rock band.

It’s why Ogundiran decided to write In The Shadow Of The Fall (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook), the first in a two novella series called Guardians Of The Gods.

In the following email interview, Ogundiran talks about what else inspired and influenced this secondary world fantasy story, and this duology.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Burning Gem” Author Don Sawyer

 

With The Burning Gem (paperback, Kindle), author Don Sawyer is kicking off an urban fantasy series called Soul Catcher.

In the following email interview, Sawyer talks about what inspired and influenced this first installment, as well as this series.

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Exclusive Interview: “The North Wind” Author Alexandria Warwick

 

For her new romantic fantasy saga The Four Winds, author Alexandria Warwick took inspiration from both the fairytale Beauty And The Beast and the myth of Hades And Persephone.

In the following email interview, Warwick discusses the first installment of this four book set, The North Wind (paperback, Kindle, audiobook).

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Exclusive Interview: “The Failures” Author Benjamin Liar

 

Writer Benjamin Liar is not alone in having an idea gestate for years, or even decades. Or being inspired by things he enjoyed in his 20s and 30s. And he’s not the first to be inspired by Dinotopia, be it James Gurney’s novels or the TV series.

But all three? He’s got me there.

In the following email interview about his cross-genre sci-fi / fantasy novel The Failures (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook), the first book in a trilogy called The Wanderlands, Liar explains how this story came together, along with what else influenced it and this series.

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Exclusive Interview: “Road To Ruin” Author Hana Lee

 

Writer Hana Lee is not the first person to be inspired by the movie Mad Max: Fury Road, and she won’t be the last.

Though she might be the first who was inspired to write a Fury Road-inspired fantasy story…with motorcycles…that run on magic.

In the following email interview, Lee talks about the novel in question, Road To Run (paperback, Kindle, audiobook), including how it’s (hopefully) the first book in a trilogy.

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Exclusive Interview: “The God And The Gumiho” Author Sophie Kim

 

In the following email interview about her new fantasy novel The God And The Gumiho (paperback, Kindle, audiobook), author Sophie Kim says this story — the first installment of her Fate’s Thread series — is, “…most definitely my love-letter to the K-Drama.”

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Exclusive Interview: “Rune Of Renewal” Author Bjorn Leesson

 

Usually, warrior women of the Norse variety are confined to fighting their battles in their native land, and their native times.

But sometimes, they get to travel. And not just to different places, either.

It’s what Myrgiol The Dokkrsdottir is getting to do in her second adventure, Rune Of Renewal (paperback, Kindle), a sword & sorcery fantasy novel by Bjorn Leesson, and the sequel to Runes Of The Dokkrsdottir.

In the following email interview, Leesson discusses what inspired and influenced both this series and this sequel, as well as his planes, sorry plans for more adventures.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Fireborne Blade” Author Charlotte Bond

 

Of all the interesting characters in the TV show Game Of Thrones, none captured my attention as much as Brienne Of Tarth, played by the lovely and kick ass Gwendoline Christie.

But clearly I’m not the only one. In the following email interview, author and fellow Gwen-head Charlotte Bond explains that the main character in her new dark fantasy novella The Fireborne Blade (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook) was inspired by Thrones‘ most iconic knight.