Portal Fantasy and the Doorkeeper: Guest Post

Do you enjoy portal fantasy? Have you ever opened a door, hoping to find a secret world filled with magic and dragons and talking animals hidden behind it?

Today, I am pleased and excited to be sharing with you a guest post by Fantasy Author and Expert in All Things Fairy Tale: Kendra E. Ardnek, who has a brand new book out!

Yes! The third book in the Rizkaland Legends is available now! And today, Kendra has graciously joined us to talk about how she has incorporated the elements of Portal Fantasy into her stories.

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The Power of the Story: Guest Post

Good morning, dear Reader! Today I am excited to share with you a new release by fellow indie author Jenny Fulton. Jenny graciously agreed to write a post today about the power of story, why stories are so important to us, and how yes, even fantasy stories can teach us something. I think you’ll enjoy it! I certainly did!

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In Which I Flail a Lot

So… the other day I saw over on the Realm Makers Consortium that the Finalists for this year’s Realm Awards had been posted.

I also got an email about it, because I’m signed up for ALL the updates.

And while, yes, I had entered several different pieces… I must confess that I clicked the link with absolutely zero hope or confidence. I mostly opened the link just to see which of my Realmie friends I should go congratulate for making the finals.

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Nightstand Books April 2021

April has arrived! And you know what this means! A new month, a new list of books to read (or continue reading).

It has been a fantastic reading year for me already. I’ve found some new favorites, and I’ve already read 31 of the 50 books-goal I set over at Goodreads.

But a dear friend reminded me last week in her blog post about the need to not run the creative well dry. Last year saw me struggle a lot with this, and although I’ve started out strong in 2021, I will confess that I started to feel the ripply edges of burnout flickering about my heart and soul in the second half of March.

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Marvel Champions: Card/Board Entertainment Guest Review

Today’s card/board entertainment review is a guest offering

My dear friend and fellow author and co-host of the Silmaril Awards, DJ Edwardson has mentioned/recommended this game MARVEL CHAMPIONS to me several times, and so I asked him if he’d be willing to write a review of it as a guest post so that I could get a better feel for what this game is all about and how it’s played, and share it with all of YOU at the same time!

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