It’s our absolute pleasure to host Tim Hardie today in the Asylum. Tim is an old friend of ours and today we are celebrating with him as he recently released Broken Brotherhood, the last book in The Brotherhood of the Eagle series. Tim in this guest post talks about his journey with The Brotherhood of the Eagle and also the production of the audiobook of Hall of Bones, his SPFBO finalist first book in the series. As a bonus, there is a playlist too!
Shannon Knight, author of Domestication, talks about the inspiration behind the book and shares her playlist with us!
It’s my absolute pleasure to welcome Louisa Morgan, the author of several historical fiction and SFF novels in the Asylum. She will talk about the inspiration behind her latest novel, The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird in celebration of its US release today, on November 21, 2023. My review will follow in a few days.
It’s my pleasure to welcome Noor Al-Shanti, the author of several self-published fantasy novels. She will talk about writing around similar events from different POVs, in celebration of her upcoming novel, Isaree of the Wild Isles. Which will be released on December 22, 2023. It’s already available for pre-order and you can also request an ARC!
It’s my pleasure to welcome Matt Larkin, the author of the SPFBO finalist Darkness Forged, and the Escathon Cycle. He will talk about his Kickstarter campaign for The Ragnarök Prophecy Volume 1-3 which includes reimagined, deluxe, leatherbound & illustrated editions of his Ragnarok Era and Runeblade Saga novels.
A.J. Norfield talks about his upcoming new novel, Blazebringer (out on August 17th!). There is also an awesome giveaway, and a free book to have!
Shannon Knight today stopped by to talk about the process behind creating the Insiders cover, her latest space opera novel, which is available now!
Phil Williams, a longtime resident of the Asylum today stopped by as we are celebrating 5 years of Ordshaw! A series that interconnects his several novels. Under Ordshaw, the introduction to this universe was released 5 years ago and Phil decided to talk about his journey and to give us a heads-up of what’s to come.
To celebrate the release of his new novel (and to kick off Wyrd and Wonder month), The Sword Defiant, Gareth Hanrahan stopped by the Asylum to talk about the myths and inspiration behind the worldbuilding. The Sword Defiant, book one of the Lands of the Firstborn series, published by Orbit hits shelves on May 2, 2023.
Phil Williams a few months ago talked about the playlist going with his latest novel, Dyer Street Punk Witches. Today he is back again with another guest post, this time talking about The Magic of Music and how music relates to his Ordshaw universe.