SPFBO 2018 - The Qwillery's Method

This year is the 3rd year in which The Qwillery is participating as an "agent" in The Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off. We have again made some changes to how we will be handling which books get full reviews and how we choose our finalist.

This year I (Qwill) am delighted to announce that we have a guest "agent" - author Paul Lavender (bio below).

The two of us (Qwill and Paul) are reading the beginning of every book assigned to The Qwillery to find books that we want to read fully and review. If you can't interest one of us in the those first few chapters then we will not read the full book. We hope to end up with at least 5 books and up to 7 books that get full reads. Those books will be reviewed and the book we put through to the final round will be chosen from those books.

Once our semi-finalists have been chosen, The Qwillery's reviewers will be on board to put fresh eyes on the novels and write reviews though I am not ruling out a full review by Qwill or Paul.

Good luck to all entrants!

The Qwillery's Slush Pile

Daniel Adorno	The Blade Heir
Kian N. Ardalan	The Dragon's Heir
C.C Aune	The Ill-Kept Oath
E.D.E Bell	Diamondsong
J.C. Boyd & Joshua Robertson	Blood and Bile
T.J Brown	The Unhappy Medium
Erik Bundy	Magic and Murder Among the Dwarves
Randal Doering	The Necromancer of Peach Valley Orchard
Shakyra Dunn	The Final Lesson
Sandy Frediani	The Binding
David Gowey	Kaschar's Quarter
Donna Maree Hanson	Dragon Wine
S.J Hirons	Scenes from 'The War on Magic'
Sharon Joss	Brothers of the Fang
Rosalyn Kelly	Melokai
Nicholas Kotar	The Song of the Sirin
Matt Larkin	Days of Endless Night
Gareth Lewis	Glyphpunk
Nicole MacDonald	The Arrival
R. Medhurst	Magically Bound
Mike Morris	Nathaniel Rane: He Who Fights
David Oliver	The Great Hearts
Carol A. Park	Banebringer
Benedict Patrick	Those Brave, Foolish Souls from the City of Swords
M.M Perry	Enchanted Legacy
Kevin Potter	Rise of the Overlord
James Pyle	Minding the Heavens
Bryan Schuder	Ain't a Hero
Mike Shel	Aching God
Aidan R. Walsh	The Game Bird

About Paul

Paul Lavender has been lied to all his life. He thought he was born in Gateshead, England when really, he was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. This may seem like a small thing (the two places are about 200 yards apart) but it means Paul is a true Geordie. Of course none of this matters as he now lives in Worcester with Sam, his very supportive wife, and Ryan their son.

When he was younger Paul was heavily influenced by the dark arts of comics, RPG’s, fantasy novels, power metal and computer games. It really is amazing that he’s turned out so well adjusted. He is the author of Tales from Ashen Falls, and The Eighth God. Currently he’s working on sequels to both books. You can find more about The Orcslayers at http://pslavender.wixsite.com/the-orcslayers


About Qwill / Sally

I founded The Qwillery, on October 1, 2008 as a place to chat about things in general. By the middle of 2010 I realized what I like to talk about most is books - speculative fiction books! I've been reading genre fiction since my brother hooked me on The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and H.P. Lovecraft when I was a pre-teen. With addition of reviewers, I've become the Editor in Chief of The Qwillery as well as a writer and reviewer.

I live in New England, with my two kids (one of whom is a Whovian), seven geckos, and more (print) books than I actually have room for.

You can find Qwill / Sally on Twitter @QQwill and Facebook at The Qwillery page.  You can also follow The Qwillery announcement list on Twitter: @Qwillery.