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Media Alert: Orbit Books launches Fantasy Writing Workshop with Karen Miller The international science fiction and fantasy publisher Orbit Books will be launching an online fantasy writing workshop this summer, hosted on OrbitBooks.net. It will be led by Karen Miller - a million-copy bestselling author who rose to fame with her debut The Innocent Mage, and whose most recent release is the critically acclaimed epic fantasy The Falcon Throne . The free week-long event, which starts on 27 th July 2015, will invite aspiring authors to take part in a communal online “write-along” challenge, during which they will each be encouraged to pen their own sample of a new fantasy novel. They will also be invited to submit this sample into a competition at the end of the week. Miller will be kicking off the writing workshop by setting a writing challenge for aspiring fantasy authors on 27 th July, and will be providing advice and words of encouragement throughout the week....

Author interview with Michael J. Sullivan The Riyria series has been on my to read list for quite some time now and last month I finally gotten around to start with the prequel series, The Riyria Chronicles with The Crown Tower and well it was just superb A+ reading material. Even though I don't have prior knowledge of the original series my first introduction to the protagonists of the series was a fantastic one. Michael J. Sullivan knows how to write an excellent story with great characters. This series is must read for every fantasy aficionado. With having sampled this first book, I need more! Read my full review here Author bio: Born in Detroit, Michigan, Michael J. Sullivan has lived in Vermont, North Carolina and Virginia. He worked as a commercial artist and illustrator, founding his own advertising agency in 1996, which he closed in 2005 to pursue writing full time. He currently resides in Fairfax, Virginia with his wife and three children. ---------...

The Crown Tower by Michael J. Sullivan, The Riyria Chronicles #1 TWO MEN WHO HATE EACH OTHER. ONE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION. A LEGEND IN THE MAKING. A warrior with nothing to fight for is paired with a thieving assassin with nothing to lose. Together they must steal a treasure that no one can reach. The Crown Tower is the impregnable remains of the grandest fortress ever built and home to the realm’s most valuable possessions. But it isn’t gold or jewels the old wizard is after, and this prize can only be obtained by the combined talents of two remarkable men. Now if Arcadias can just keep Hadrian and Royce from killing each other, they just might succeed. The Crown Tower is the first book of The Riyria Chronicles and one of the two prequels to the critically acclaimed fantasy series The Riyria Revelations written by Michael J. Sullivan. The Riyria Revelations was first published in 2007 and recently the books have been combined into two volume omnibus editions by Orbit and ...