Author Archives: A. R. Silverberry

Creativity: Supercharge Your Writing, Part I

Tweet Creativity: Supercharge Your Writing, Part I Many years ago I had the good fortune to attend a number of workshops designed to increase creativity. My father taught two of them, and one was with Sidney Parnes, one of the founders of the Creative Problem Solving Institute in Buffalo New York. Through their influence and […]

Query Rejection: What Now?

Tweet Query Rejection: What Now? You’ve worked hard on your manuscript, writing and rewriting, submitting it to beta readers, then polishing it some more. You’re editor has given it several passes. The manuscript is as good as you can get it, and now you’re ready to try to find an agent. You send out query […]

Call of Elespen: Keepers of the Wellsprings

Tweet     Announcing Call of Elespen, the Epic Conclusion to the Keepers of the Wellsprings Series! Exciting news! Missy Sheldrake has released Call of Elespen, the fifth and epic conclusion to the Keepers of the Wellsprings series. Synopsis: A vindictive Sorcerer King with a century-old grudge has spent decades gathering an army obsessed with […]

The Illuminated Kingdom, by Alina Sayre

Tweet The Illuminated Kingdom: The Voyages of the Legend, Book 4 The Illuminated Kingdom, book four of fantasy author Alina Sayre’s masterful series, The Voyages of the Legend, is out! You can win a copy, just see rules below. Meanwhile, more about this middle grade fantasy! Synopsis: The Vestigia Roi has risen up to retake their […]

Hall of Heroes, A Fellowship of Fantasy Anthology!

Tweet Hall of Heroes, A Fellowship of Fantasy Anthology goes live tomorrow, June 27, including one of my stories, “The Demon Monkeys”! We, the merry scribes of the Fellowship of Fantasy, invite you to help us celebrate. Chat with the authors about the heroes and heroines in their stories, plus enjoy games, door prizes, giveaways, […]

Coiled Blog Tour

Tweet Book marketing is an art, and few understand it or bring more creative energy and imagination to the enterprise than fantasy author, H. L Burke. So when she offered to do a guest a post, I jumped at the chance for her to share a few words on the subject. H. L. is on […]

D.E.A.R: DROP EVERYTHING AND READ DAY!

Tweet CELEBRATE DEAR: DROP EVERYTHING AND READ DAY!   April 10 (12 AM)- April 13 (12 AM), 2017, my friends and I at the Fantasy Sci-Fi Network will be celebrating Drop Everything and Read Day. It’s a wonderful reminder to make reading a priority. That’s why we’re hosting an online author event, book sale, and […]

Three Collections for Christmas!

Tweet Three groups of authors have banded together to put together three awesome Fantasy Story Collections, and now we’re bringing them to you with a chance for you to win paperback copies as well as a $30 Amazon Shopping Spree! Read on to find out more about the anthologies and enter the giveaway!      […]

Santa Dragon’s Holiday Contest!

Tweet Chestnuts are roasting; hot cider is filling the house with allspice, cloves, and cinnamon; gingerbread cookies are turning golden in the oven; and the merry scribes of the Fellowship of Fantasy are ringing in the season with Santa Dragon’s Holiday Extravaganza, 24 days, 24 prizes, and oodles of fun! Each day, enter a new […]

Linda Gray Sexton: Author Interview

Tweet I’m honored to have Linda Gray Sexton join us today. Linda is the daughter of the Pulitzer-Prize winning poet, Anne Sexton. She’s an accomplished wordsmith in her own right, penning four novels—Rituals, Mirror Images, Points of Light and Private Acts—and three memoirs. Her first, Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, […]