Review and giveaway of the middle-grade fantasy, Wand by Landra Jennings.
Tag: World Building
THE CONJURER'S CURSE: A YA/Upper MG Book Review by Georgie Bartlett
REVIEWThe Conjurer’s Curse (Monarch: 2022) by Stephanie Cotta is an epic fantasy set in the fictional world of Mestria. We follow seventeen-year-old Rowan as he struggles with his history and searches for answers. Rowan is an outsider in his village. For the thirteen years since his arrival to Karahvel, his albino skin and unusual marking on… Continue reading THE CONJURER'S CURSE: A YA/Upper MG Book Review by Georgie Bartlett
The Wizard's Daughter: A Book Review and Autographed Giveaway
Congratulations to Danielle H. for winning The Smallest Tadpole's War in the Land of Mysterious Waters. ******** If you, or a teenager you know, is a fan of clean science fiction/fantasy, then The Wizard’s Daughter by Jeff Minerd, is a book you should consider. Minerd sets his three-book series, The Sky-Riders of Etherium in a… Continue reading The Wizard's Daughter: A Book Review and Autographed Giveaway
The Spy Catchers of Maple Hill AND a Giveaway!
Congratulations to Ann Eisenstein, a fellow SCBWI-Carolinas writers, who won an autographed copy of Sheri Levy's novel, Seven Days to Goodbye. Thanks to all of you who entered. Here is another book to try and win! At a recent SCBWI-Carolinas conference, I took an informative workshop with Emma Dryden on world building. First, Emma instructed us… Continue reading The Spy Catchers of Maple Hill AND a Giveaway!
Free Expressions Takeaway Part III: Building Imaginary Worlds
I used to think world building just pertained to creating a science fiction or fantasy world. And although it is generally associated with those genres, all novelists must create believable, fictional worlds in which reader immerses themselves. For example, even though Half-Truths takes place in a "real" time and place-- Charlotte, NC in the 1950's--I must… Continue reading Free Expressions Takeaway Part III: Building Imaginary Worlds