While out in the garden tonight, I remembered that Hills of Heather and Bone turns 2 today! It's truly been a special journey writing and publishing this book. It was a #spfbo9 finalist and I'm continually blown away by everyone who has it picked up and connected with the story.
#booksky #indiebook
Last chance to pick up a free copy of BLACK STREAM at the Indie Book Sale! Sequel to #SPFBO9 semi-finalist THE WAY OF UNITY 🖤
Discover some indie gems here:
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I forgot we were in December already, so first up for #indieadvent is Murder at Spindle Manor by Morgan Stang. The winner of #spfbo9 has murder, mystery, and the magical ability to draw you in.
#indiebook #indieauthor #booksky
Going to try and do a good-vibes only review thread of #SPFBO9 books as I read them (so it will probably take some time). Good-vibes only not because I don't see the value in critique, but because it's just for fun and plays more to my comfort level!
#SPFBO
Transporting my good vibes only thread of my #SPFBO9 reviews over from twitter before I delete everything!
It's my pleasure to help reveal the cover of Creature of the Void, sequel to the #SPFBO9 finalist, Master of the Void, by Wend Raven.
Cover by Brian Flores
All the info:
jamreads.com/reveals/cove...
Need a break after a solid year of reading approx 150 #selfpublished Fantasy & Sci-fi in the brilliant #SPFBO9 & #SPSFC3 contests so I'm diving into a fave author of supernatural thrillers. John Connolly has my ultimate favourite M/M killer couple in fiction
#pukapuka
REVIEW: Murder at Spindle Manor by Morgan Stang
www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-murde...
"Murder at Spindle Manor has it all: mystery, fantasy, horror, comedy, and even a touch of romance...the craziest game of Clue that I’ve ever played."
#spfbo9
REVIEW: The Fall Is All There Is by C. M. Caplan
Please help me spread the love for this grimdark gem from #SPFBO9. 👇
www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-the-f...
"Prince of Thorns on acid"
@thecmcaplan.bsky.social
We have the #SPFBO9 champion thanks to FantasyFaction’s incredible review fantasy-faction.com/2024/murder-...
Checkout the #SPFBO Finalist scoreboard to see how tight it was mark---lawrence.blogspot.com/2023/09/fina...
The #SPFBO9 Finalist leaderboard is tied at the top between Morgan Stang’s Murder At Spindle Manor & K. E. Andrews’ Hills Of Heather And Bone mark---lawrence.blogspot.com/2023/09/fina...
We will have our champion in just 2 days #SPFBO
The cover sits at the center of the image. It shows the head of a wolf surrounded and adorned with Celtic knotwork and floats over a backdrop of a forest of dark tree trunks. To the immediate right of the cover is the logo for this year's SPFBO finalists. The background is a dark pine forest in shade of brown.
Today our judges review Ryan Kirk's The Last Fang of God for this year's Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off finals! 🐉
"[The] dark world with cruel gods who dictate the acts of humans, while still being pitiful as heck...was well done."
fantasy-faction.com/2024/the-las...
#spfbo #spfbo9
Review: A Gamble of Gods by Mitriel Faywood
Another gem from #spfbo9 👇
beforewegoblog.com/review-a-gam...
"grab yourself a big vat of popcorn to munch on as you enjoy this blockbuster debut. A Gamble of Gods is a rollicking good time."
@bethtabler.bsky.social
Many Shades of Midnight trope arrow graphic: found family; corruption and betrayal; no romance; multi POV; Kindle Unlimited; standalone; zombie plague; friendship; gritty political fantasy; character-driven. spfbo semi-finalist badge. On sale 0.99 Narratess indiebook.sale
My SPFBO semi-finalist The Many Shades of Midnight is in the @narratesscom sale from 13-15 April for 0.99 or equivalent in all markets along with 300 other amazing books
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#indieapril #indiesale #indiebooksale #spfbo #spfbo9
A clever orphan navigating a magical world of ghosts, top hats, and found family camaraderie in:
THE WICKWIRE WATCH by @jacquelyn_hagen
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
www.thenerdynarrative.com/fantasy/the-...
#SPFBO9 #Fantasy #Steampunk
REVIEW: Dyer Street Punk Witches by Phil Williams
www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-dyer-...
"brilliantly captures the feminist riot grrl spirit in a dark urban fantasy setting"
#spfbo9 #PhaseThreeReview
@fantasticphil.bsky.social
We have a really interesting guest post to start the morning: Tom Mock talks about what he learnt during his read-along of the 300 openings of the #SPFBO9, giving some advices and insight:
jamreads.com/articles/tom...
Team Asylum reviews our fifth #SPFBO 9 finalist, THE LAST RANGER by J.D.L. Rosell. Reviews are from Jen, Liis, and Paul.
queensbookasylum.com/2024/03/11/s...
#SPFBO9 #TeamAsylum #SPFBOreviews
REVIEW: Bob the Wizard by M.V. Prindle
www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-bob-t...
"an exhilarating and wildly creative tale"
#spfbo9
FINAL day 126 of my #SPFBO9 opening reads (Lynn's Books + Critiquing Chemist)
I had fun with this group's energetic, LGBTQ finalist! Another opening wasn't quite as solid with its motivations as it could be. Thank you so much for coming along with me! Final wrap-up soon!
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Day 125 of my #SPFBO9 opening reads (Lynn's Books + Critiquing Chemist)
I found two supernaturally tinged fantasies. A semi-finalist went big with a demon-bound, ageless, sapphic knight (yowee! ... or, I guess that's yuri.) Another was a Seoul based UF with fae and more! x.com/Tom_Mock/sta...
Day 124 of my #spfbo9 opening reads (Lynn's Books + Critiquing Chemist)
A well-written, immersive, mature fantasy to begin with today steeped in the intrigues of power, followed by an opening with characters that were on far too shaky ground for me.
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Day 124 of my #SPFBO9 opening reads (Weatherwax Report)
I gush over the finalist by Jacquelyn Hagen from this group (only 0.99c on ebook now!) and struggle over a story that feels like it never truly begins.
Only 6 more openings to go! x.com/Tom_Mock/sta...
New releases, ARCs, rereads, #SPFBO9 reads - I really am throwing the kitchen sink at y'all today!
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#Reading
Have you read my #SPFBO9 semi-finalist and series-starter THE BACHELOR'S VALET? It's very silly and very gay.
Delilah Waan (author of semi-finalist PETITION) put together FIND YOUR NEXT READ: #SPFBO9 Semi-Finalists Edition!
delilahwaan.com/spfbo9_semi-...
-Take the quiz to be matched to a book
-Roll the dice for a random book rec
-Browse all 46 semi-finalists
-Filter by length, genre, mood, and more
A grid of 46 indie fantasy book covers, all semi-finalists from the 2023 Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off contest (SPFBO9)
Want to try indie fantasy but don’t know where to start?
Is the thought of trying 300 #SPFBO books overwhelming so you limit yourself to finalists & past winners?
What if there was a fun, easy way to figure out which of the 46 #SPFBO9 semi-finalists you should read?
delilahwaan.com/spfbo9_semi-...
Day 123 of my #SPFBO9 opening reads (BWGB & Weatherwax Report)
I missed an opening from Before We Go Blog. I'm sorry I did, because though it stumbles early, when it gets its feet under itself it is, possibly, an overlooked gem.
I also found a competent classic fantasy opening.
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Day 122 of my #SPFBO9 opening reads (Weatherwax Report)
I was interested in two more books based on their openings, both with female protagonists. One is a bit of a meta fantasy. The other seems like it has a classic fairytale backbone.
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