OnlineCollege.org has created a list of 100 sites that are dedicated to reviewing books. Categories include the following:
General Fiction Reviews
Children and Young Adult Reviews
Collaborative Blogs
Industry and Professional Reviewers
History and Historical Fiction
Mystery and Thriller
Romance
Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Adventure
Graphic Novels and Comic Books
Unique Genres
Mixed Bag of Genres
My site is actually listed at #56, under the History and […]
Filed under: Fiction, Book Reviews on September 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve compiled a list of blog topics related to medieval history, historical fiction, fantasy, fiction writing, or industry news. Here’s a brief rundown:
Mark Lord dicusses Medieval Myths about Witchcraft and Sorcery
ABC will air an hourlong documentary about the woman behind the boy wizard, “J.K Rowling: A Year in the Life”
Alianore has a post about Edward […]
Filed under: Medieval History, Middle Ages History, Historical Fiction, Writing Tips, Fantasy, Fiction, Literary News on July 16th, 2009 | No Comments »
The Lions of al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: Eos (June 2005)
Average Customer Review on Amazon: 4.5 stars (108 Reviews)
Editorial Review from Publishers Weekly:
Canadian attorney Kay has eschewed the courtroom thriller for fantasy (A Song for Arbonne, etc.). Here he draws on the crumbling empire of medieval Spain to inspire this tale of brutality […]
Filed under: Historical Fantasy, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Fiction on October 6th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
WEbook is an online book publishing company that fosters an environment for writers, editors, reviewers, artists, and readers to come together to meet, write and collaborate on works of fiction and non-fiction, short stories, essays, and more. WEbook is a place for creative writing groups, aspiring novelists, and readers who want to dicuss and discover […]
Filed under: Publishing, Writing Resources, Fiction, Creative Writing on September 22nd, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Nine.frenchboys.net - An interesting site with all kinds of random generators, including:
Medieval Name Generator
Fantasy Name Generator
Character Description Generator
Place Name Generator
City Generator
Stronghold Creator
Fantasy Place Name Generator
Fantasy Novel Titles
Plot Twist Generator
And more …
Some of these could be good starting points for writing exercises.
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Writing Resources, Fiction, Fantasy, Creative Writing on September 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
The Forbidden Library has a list of books that have either been challenged or banned, whether currently or at some point during the past. This list includes novels such as:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Cantebury Tales
Catcher in the Rye
Don Quixote
Fahrenheit 451
Grapes of Wrath
Hamlet
King Lear
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Raisin in the Sun
The site also gives […]
Filed under: Fiction on September 17th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A while back, the Modern Library composed a list of the 100 greatest novels of all-time. Its top ten included:
ULYSSES by James Joyce
THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
CATCH-22
DARKNESS […]
Filed under: Fiction on September 16th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
ReadPrint.com is a free online library, offering thousands of free books for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast. ReadPrint includes novels, poems, and short stories from authors such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexandre Dumas, Robert Frost, John Keats, Herman Melville, George Orwell, Edgar Allan Poe, H.G. Wells, and many more.
Filed under: Fiction on September 15th, 2008 | No Comments »
“HBO has just exercised its option, and purchased the television rights to A Game of Thrones,” according to the latest from George R.R. Martin’s blog. While HBO may have purchased the rights, the project has not yet been “greenlighted” and remains in development for the time being.
Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fiction, Fantasy, Books and Movies on September 12th, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m about a month late on this news, but this was the first time I read about it. I was on vacation about the time this story came out.
Apparently, Universal Pictures has acquired the rights to make a film adaptation of Robert Jordan’s fantasy Wheel of Time series. The first film in the series will […]
Filed under: Fiction, Fantasy, Books and Movies, Literary News on September 5th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
