Here at The Write Advice, we pride ourselves on being our clients’ biggest cheerleaders. Whether we’re mentoring you through your very first short story, or editing your next fantasy series, your accomplishments are our priority – and we’re going to shout about each and every one of them!
Congratulations to editorial client Stephen Frame on the publication of Inquisitive. We didn’t work on this one, but if it’s half as good as the one Anna just finished, then it’s very good indeed.
Alex S Bradshaw a semi-finalist in BBNYA 2025!
Congratulations to Anna’s mentee, Alex S Bradshaw, on Trollgrave being selected as a semi-finalist in the BBNYA – Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award!
Despite all his skill in healing and runecraft, God-Speaker Alvir Einarson could not save everyone. In the wake of failure, he seeks aid from an old mentor and witnesses a wave of darkness sweep over the land that, for a single moment, extinguishes all magic. In the capital, he discovers a fellow god-speaker is missing and the streets swarming with Windborn – resurrected warriors gifted with supernatural powers by the gods’ enemies. Answers await in the Forest of Broken Trolls, but within its sinister depths even the gods’ protection may not be enough, and no more so than now, when the gods’ strength may be fading and dark powers are on the rise. One thing is Alvir Einarson would rather die than let the gods fall.
Trollgrave is a standalone Norse fantasy filled with fanatical outlaws, strange magic, and vicious monsters.
Jessica A. McMinn publishes Parasitic Omens, a dark gaslamp fantasy horror novella
Jessica worked with Anna on the developmental and copy edits for Parasitic Omens, which publishes worldwide in ebook and paperback, on all platforms, today, 27 May.
Parasitic Omens is the first of two planned novellas in the Gods of Dallalmar world, which will introduce her new dark fantasy series, Lace & Law.
In the world of the occult, new is never good.
As one of Copperton’s hardworking investigators, Lawrence Reed has seen it all: vampires, werewolves, warlocks and witches.
When a monstrous creature crawls from the corpse of a mutilated girl, Law is determined to find answers—with or without payment.
Ignoring advice to leave the mystery alone, he sets out to uncover the details of the girl’s death. But the deeper he digs, the more questions he unearths.
Can Law bring peace to the dead girl’s family? Or will his investigation open the door to far darker discoveries?
Only one certainty remains: monsters aren’t the only evil stalking the streets of Copperton.
Parasitic Omens is a gaslamp fantasy horror, perfect for fans of TV’s Supernatural and From Software’s cult classic video game, Bloodborne.
You can read an interview with Jess here.
Rick Brindle publishes Sister Alex, a post-apocalyptic novel set in England
Rick hired Anna to proofread Sister Alex, his newest novel which is now available in ebook, hardback and paperback.
Berkshire, England, and it’s no longer the promised land.
Ever since a species-wide illness wiped out nearly every human being, the home counties have become a gender-based battlefield.
The women stick together as a single, cohesive community, but only as long as you’re a woman.
And it’s the same for the men, although they haven’t quite got the same group thing going, choosing instead to range as lone threats, taking what they want. Sometimes they team up and run in pairs, but only as long as you’re a man.
They’re separate tribes, and they hate each other on sight. Pick your gender, pick your side.
And then there’s Alex, born as a man, identifies as a woman, and thanks to a stash of scavenged hormones, she’s stuck somewhere between the two, lost in the middle and hated by them all.
But she’s survived, and if what’s left of the world won’t leave her alone, maybe she can teach what’s left of the world to accept her.
Maybe.
Alex S. Bradshaw publishes Trollgrave, a Windborn Saga novel
Alex is one of Anna’s mentoring clients and is best known for the epic Norse tale Windborn, which was published to rave reviews in 2021.
In May 2024, he followed this up with another standalone novel set in the same world, this one entitled Trollgrave.
Something stirs in the Forest of Broken Trolls…
Despite all his skill in healing and runecraft, God-Speaker Alvir Einarson could not save everyone.
In the wake of failure, he seeks aid from an old mentor and witnesses a wave of darkness sweep over the land that, for a single moment, extinguishes all magic.
In the capital, he discovers a fellow god-speaker is missing and the streets swarming with Windborn – resurrected warriors gifted with supernatural powers by the gods’ enemies.
Answers await in the Forest of Broken Trolls, but within its sinister depths even the gods’ protection may not be enough, and no more so than now, when the gods’ strength may be fading and dark powers are on the rise.
One thing is Alvir Einarson would rather die than let the gods fall.
Trollgrave is a standalone Norse fantasy filled with fanatical outlaws, strange magic, and vicious monsters.
I’m really excited to work with Alex on his new novel. I can’t give anything away, but the ideas we’ve worked on have been captivating, the threats are super creepy, and there are animal companions the likes of which you’ve never seen! ~ Anna
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