#SPFBO : Stage 1 Complete
31 October 2020
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: A Wind from the Wilderness, Alexander Darwin, Black Stone Heart, Darkness Forged, Justin Lee Anderson, Last Memoria, Matt Larkin, Michael R Fletcher, Nether Light, Patrick Samphire, Rachel Emma Shaw, Robert H Fleming, Shadow of a Dead God, Shaun Paul Stevens, SPFBO, Stage 1 Complete, Suzannah Rowntree, The Combat Codes, The Fall of Erlon, The Lost War, Voice of War, Zack Argyle
300 books 10 Judges 1 winner
The 1st of June marked the start of the sixth Self Published Fantasy Blog Off (details here.) My Introductory post is here.
You can find my updates for batch 1, batch 2, batch 3, Batch 4 and Batch 5 by clicking on the links and my finalist announcement can be found here.
So, the first stage of the competition is now complete, 10 finalists have been chosen, the finalist page over at Mark Lawrence’s blog can be found here but for quick reference below are all the finalists with links to Goodreads:
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Last Memoria by Rachel Emma Shaw
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The Combat Codes by Alexander Darwin
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The Lost War by Justin Lee Anderson
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Black Stone Heart by Michael R Fletcher
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Darkness Forged by Matt Larkin
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Voice of War by Zack Argyle
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The Fall of Erlon by Robert H Fleming
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A Wind From the Wilderness by Suzannah Rowntree
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Shadow of a Dead God by Patrick Samphire
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Nether Light by Shaun Paul Stevens
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Congratulations to all the finalists and good luck in Stage 2 😀
#SPFBO 6 – Cover love (9)
18 September 2020
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: #SPFBO 6, Black Stone Heart, Cover Love, Michael R Fletcher, Night of the Bloody Tines, Queens of the Wyrd, Rogan Feltmate, Timandra Whitecastle
The 1st of June marked the start of the sixth Self Published Fantasy Blog Off (details here.) My Introductory post is here. This year I’m aiming to shine a little bit of focus on some of the books either through posting excerpts to act as teasers for potential readers or through posting some of the covers and highlighting the book that way (not just for my own books but other entries). The invitation is open to all authors from the competition – if you’d like to post an excerpt then give me a shout in the comments.
As part of the competition there was a cover contest. The details can be found here.
So, this week’s chosen SPFBO covers are below. I didn’t have a particular theme this week and in fact just went for three covers that are very different in style but work for me personally. Which is your favourite:
