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Pride Nights at Queen’s: Matt Doyle — Ailuros: Writing in an Experimental Format
Today we welcome Matt Doyle to the blog, speaking on out-of-the-box, mixed media writing formats. If you love peeking behind the curtain of a writer's mind as much as we do, then get comfortable and read the fascinating details about Ailuros, Matt's upcoming book.
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Pride Nights at Queen’s: Lyra Wolf — Loki in Fishnets
Alas, June comes to an end, another month flew by and we couldn't have asked the gods for a better post to wrap up an awesome month. If that title didn't get you then all hope eludes you. Closing the curtain on Pride Month (though, stay tuned—this isn't it for Pride Nights!), author Lyra Wolf dives into Loki's queerness, which she explored in her fantasy series The Nine Worlds Rising.
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Pride Nights at Queen’s: Marian L Thorpe & Bjørn Larssen — Borrowing Courage
Today we welcome our first guest authors in the Asylum for PRIDE NIGHTS AT QUEEN'S, Marian L Thorpe and Bjørn Larssen, to talk about writing queer people, courage, but most importantly, the multitude represented by this one word.
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Monthly Wrap Up: January 2021
Well, you guys can't say I don't know how to kick a year off. In the first days of January, I dropped the news of changing the blog's name to Queen's Book Asylum. Then went on and launched my own music-themed reading challenge, The Sound of Madness (still not too late to join). It both feels like it's been a long time ago and yesterday. Weird. Anyway, thankfully we had a lot of other content up on the blog your reading pleasures.
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Monthly Wrap Up: November 2020
November came and went and my second month living alone has passed. I spent November on different crafting projects and reading some truly awesome books. And giving the blog a bit of face lifting. What? I can't stop fiddling with it, go away. But of course, we had some other posts other than reviews as well - cover reveals, an interview, book tours.
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Monthly Wrap Up: November 2019
October was mostly about catching up, and cram in as many things as possible before I headed to the UK toward the end of the month. I had a great time both in London and Bristol - article coming soon, I promise, unlike the WorldCon one... - and it charged me with energy and good feels. It was awesome to meet old friends and make new ones and I already can't wait for the next BristolCon. But until I get myself together, take a look at what we were up to this past month. We are getting near the end of phase 1 in SPFBO and we are done with…
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Excerpt + Free Short Story: The Echoing Green and Other Stories by David Jordan
I happily host David Jordan on the blog today, who recently published his anthology, titled The Echoing Green and Other Stories. He is going to tell you a bit about the anthology and how it came around, plus I'll share a little excerpt and you can download one of the short stories as well!
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Monthly Wrap Up: October 2019
October was mostly about catching up, and cram in as many things as possible before I headed to the UK toward the end of the month. I had a great time both in London and Bristol - article coming soon, I promise, unlike the WorldCon one... - and it charged me with energy and good feels. It was awesome to meet old friends and make new ones and I already can't wait for the next BristolCon. But until I get myself together, take a look at what we were up to this past month. We are getting near the end of phase 1 in SPFBO and we are done with…
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Guest Post: Modern Fantasy Trending Away From Fictitious Races by Ross Hughes
Today I bring you a guest post by Ross Hughes, who wrote an article about how modern fantasy is trending away from fictitious races and what he thinks where fantasy is headed these days.
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SPFBO Author Spotlight: Lessons from Writing 1,000,000 Words in 2018 by A.Z. Anthony
This year I'm taking part in SPFBO as an advisor for Fantasy Book Review's judging team. I decided to offer a spot to the authors in our group. The spotlight today shines on A.Z. Anthony.