Closure

It is with great regret that I inform you this will be the last blog entry I will be making for Fictiongarden.

It was a good run while it lasted, but due to financial troubles I cannot afford to keep the site going. I shall still supply the odd review here and there on Amazon/Goodreads but outside of that I'm done.

Thank you to everyone who has supported me over the last few years and all the kind words and intriguing submissions. It was probably the most entertaining time of my life and I'll miss it.

Last but not least: keep writing.

- J.R.

Temporarily ceasing my reading of new submissions.

Just a quick heads up to let everyone know that I will be taking a break from reading and reviewing the latest self-published submissions.

My reason for doing so is selfish but simple: Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb has finally been published and I must read it.

While I almost exclusively read self-published or small press fantasy works, this is one of those rare exceptions that I need to read immediately. I appreciate your patience in this matter and I'll be getting back to my reviews in due course.

SPFBO and Storybundle book enters the Recommended Reading list.

It's that time again, where I foist a brief and addled update upon you to let you know that I've uncovered yet another great piece of self-published fiction.

In this case it was hard to miss, given that it was both part of Mark Lawrence's Self Published Fantasy Blog-Off and making an appearance in a fantasy Storybundle. Clearly I had to check it out, and I'm glad I did.

Sand of Bone is a character-rich desert-based fantasy that doesn't pull punches. It's precisely what the modern fantasy world needs and I hope that it propels Blair into penning a long and successful series.