I have talked a lot about my Wolves lately, but there is another series that's just as dear to me:
The Winds & Pillars
The books follow individual users of magic who all escape a terrible system of slavery and sacrifice painted as religion.
Slowly, they find each other and team up (working up to the grand finale).
So far, there are seven books for you to enjoy, and the first one is free:
South Breaks
The ten #SPFBO #SPFBOX finalists in haiku form from back in the early days of the competition.
See more here: https://davedobsonbooks.com/spfbox-haiku-project
A SPFBO judge reviewed Amiant Soul as "An epic fantasy without needing to be a trilogy. Every character is superbly written and I was totally invested in every one of them.... I gave this book 5 stars - I loved it to bits and I can see it being a constant reread in the future."
Unfortunately that judge wasn't the judge who had Amiant Soul in their batch, and it's out of the running.
Best of luck to all the SPFBOX books - may they each find their readers, winner or not.
#SPFBO #SPFBOX #AmiantSoul #BookReview
I just found the SPFBOX review for South Breaks, and I'm basically in tears and finding it difficult to breathe.
South Breaks is an SPFBO Semi-Finalist.
I never expected that. I didn't even keep track of the whole thing, after taking a break from FB.
South Breaks is an SPFBOX Semi-Finalist.
Maybe I can believe that if I repeat it a few more times.
HUGE NEWS! Wolf of Withervale got picked as a finalist for #SPFBOX! This is a BIG contest, where blogging sites review hundreds of indie books. Here is the write up from Queens Book Asylum on their selection: https://queensbookasylum.com/2024/10/17/spfbo-10-finalist-announcement/ 🌈📚 #SPFBO
Pssst! If you haven't already heard, The Serpent's Quest by yours truly and Toby Bennett has been selected as a semi-finalist in #SPFBOX by Fantasy Book Critic.
Review of South Breaks on Goodreads:
"The prose is simple and compelling, much like the names here. It isn’t drawn out, and that keeps the story moving. The simplicity is an asset. While much is under-explained, it all lends to an inviting sense of strangeness.
[...] this opening does feel unique. I WANT to understand more. I’m pulled into the story despite of being thrown out of it. The book is also FREE. Who could resist? I’m in."
"This is not a full review. I read through the beginning of all 300 SPFBOX contest entries. This was a book I wanted to read more of."
This is the headline for a review of South on Goodreads.
The review itself offers both praise and criticism, which is fair. I still love it and am very chuffed about it.
Goodreads won't let me link to individual reviews, so you'll have to scroll down a little. It's by Tom Mock.
The fearless and heroic Lady Isovar sat for a rare interview with DB Rook. If you want to know more about smiting or egotism, please check it out.
https://dbrookbooks.com/ripped-from-the-page-spfbox-special-with-dave-dobson/
Get a copy of this thrilling supernatural and paranormal book that combines elements of other movies and shows of the dark and fantastical! https://books2read.com/The-Burning-Fire-Rises-Part-One #darkfantasy #selfpublished #spfbox
Only three and a half days left to get your copy of The Glorious and Epic Tale of Lady Isovar for only 99 cents!
Stoked to read Dave Dobson's haiku inspired by chapter one of Amiant Soul:
Deathly pub patron
gets heave ho; heaver balks; fired.
Who’s the poisoned man?
You can read all 300 of his haiku inspired by the books in this year's Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO 10 or SPFBOX) here: https://davedobsonbooks.com/spfbox-haiku-project
and you can get Amiant Soul here:
https://deborah.makarios.nz/amiant-soul/
and find out for yourself - who IS the poisoned man??
#SPFBO #SPFBOX #AmiantSoul #poetry #haiku #books
OK, that's a wrap on my #SPFBO #SPFBOX haiku project. I read the opening parts of all 300 entries and composed an inelegant, silly haiku about each of them. Took me a month, about 2 hours/day. I so enjoyed reading from everyone's stories. They're here:
https://davedobsonbooks.com/spfbox-haiku-project
It's my day to host an author game for the Indie Fantasy Addicts Summer Reading Challenge on Facebook. Like my last couple times doing this, I made a stupid browser video game, this time out of the characters from my #SPFBOX entry, The Glorious and Epic Tale of Lady Isovar. If you like, see if you can knock me off the high score list. The books in the game are all indie fantasy from various authors as well.
Hey folks! I'll be reading LIVE from my #SPFBO 10 entry Fruits of the Gods in just about an hour at 10 ET / 9 CT. Give it a watch here (and then buy the book)!
#SPFBOX #Fantasy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BYv2IE8c7w
Guten Morgen!
Today (my time, tomorrow morning US time), I'm going to do a live-reading on YouTube, sharing backstage talk and a few chapters of South Breaks, Winds of Destiny 1, for about 20 minutes.
Katherine Graham is running an SPFBO event, and she gave me a spot on her channel.
Time: 15:40 CEST / 9:40 Eastern
Here's the link for you to tune in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6bJn203iGU
Would love to see you there!
(Please boost, lots of good stuff to see.)
People on #TikTok ! Some SPFBOX authors are going to get together live tomorrow to highlight indie fantasy books under 50 reviews. Tomorrow has one SPFBOX book (with more to come).
Join in at: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLwjAmNH/
Looking specifically for #DarkFantasy ? The #SPFBOX group has collected their dark fantasy books together in one listing, and many are on sale to celebrate the start of this year's SPFBO!
Check them out at: https://authordiannagunn.com/spfbox-dark/
Following along with #SPFBO ? Check out @davedobson amazing haiku project! What a great celebration of books. I especially love the best name and favorite word aspects.
Some first reads going on for #SPFBO !
https://x.com/SteveWestenra/status/1795415476895469764
Tom Mock's opening reads: https://subscribepage.io/wuOG1f
And for #SPFNO (those books submitted to SPFBO this year but which did not win the lottery) here's two more:
https://x.com/cazzysmith/status/1791467086222401600?s=46
https://x.com/lyons_pen/status/1791000920110547133?s=46
Yes, sadly many of these are on Twitter, but those will also likely be summarized on blogs and other sites later on.
