Exploring the Ashen Levels with C.F. Welburn

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Jamie Davis

This is the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast Episode 52 with CF Welburn.

Good day and welcome to this episode of the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast. I’m your host, podcaster and author of Fun Fantasy Reads, Jamie Davis. This podcast is exactly what the title says it is, a show focused on everything in fantasy books.

This show will cover everything to do with fantasy books. From Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, and everything in between, expect to find the best and brightest authors from all the various corners of the fantasy book world. Plus we’ll add in a few other very special guests as well along the way.

In my author world this week, I’m getting ready for the launch of Prophecy’s Child in one week, on August 9th. It’s book 2 in my Broken Throne series. Book 1, The Charm Runner, is doing well and I expect it will do a little better once the second book is out.

At the same time, I’m digging into book three in my Sapiens Run Trilogy, Cyber’s Underground. This will wrap up this series and open up my writing schedule to look at new projects. I have several options to choose from in my project ideas lists. I’m trying to decide between starting a third “Accidental” LitRPG trilogy and jumping into an Epic Fantasy trilogy I’ve had rattling around in the back of my mind for a while. I’ll let you know which way I go when I get there.

As always, if you’re interested in more information on what I’m up to, check out my fan group on Facebook, Jamie’s Fun Fantasy Readers and on my website and blog, JamieDavisBooks.com.

This week on the podcast we have author, C.F. Welburn on the show. Craig describes himself this way:

Born in the year of Star Wars, in the birth town of Charles Darwin, he caught the fantasy bug as a child at the top of a faraway tree, in a hole in the ground and through a snowy wardrobe.

He left Shropshire to study literature, travel the lands and seek his fortune. He settled in Madrid, where he teaches English and art, whilst scratching his imagination onto parchment.

Get Craig’s Ashen Levels books here.

Check out my interview with Craig coming up right now.

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Fantasy LitRPG and GameLit with Dakota Krout

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Jamie Davis

This is the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast Episode 51 with Dakota Krout.

Good day and welcome to this episode of the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast. I’m your host, podcaster and author of Fun Fantasy Reads, Jamie Davis. This podcast is exactly what the title says it is, a show focused on everything in fantasy books.

This show will cover everything to do with fantasy books. From Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, and everything in between, expect to find the best and brightest authors from all the various corners of the fantasy book world. Plus we’ll add in a few other very special guests as well along the way.

Shifting gears to my weekly update, I’ve been hard at work on a total rewrite of an urban fantasy series I’m collaborating on with another top author who I can’t name yet. You’ll just have to be patient for that announcement. Editing is one of those things that a lot of authors hate, but I enjoy putting that polish on the bare story I created with my first draft. This is where I take things and “pretty” it up. Hopefully, I’ll be able to tell you more about that project soon so stick around.

Next up for me is to switch over and finish up book 3 in the Sapiens Run trilogy. It’s titled Cyber’s Underground and will conclude the series. I’m working hard on getting it finished and off to the editor so I can get the audiobook narrator started on it soon. If you like audiobooks, you’ll find most of mine available for free in your local library or wherever you shop for audiobooks so check them out.

As always, if you’re interested in more information on what I’m up to, check out my fan group on Facebook, Jamie’s Fun Fantasy Readers and on my website and blog, JamieDavisBooks.com.

Coming up on this week’s interview is one I’ve been looking forward to. Dakota Krout is a hugely successful author in the LitRPG fantasy genre. He and I traveled to a writer’s retreat with our wives this past year and had a great time with a bunch of other top authors from a variety of genres. He co-owns and is the President of Mountaindale Press which he operates in tandem with his wife.

Dakota is probably best known for his best-selling Completionist chronicles that starts with The Ritualist, book 1 in the saga. I’ll let Dakota tell us more about that in the interview segment coming up right now.

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50th Episode Review and Celebration with Michael Evan

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Jamie Davis

This is the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast Episode 50 with Michael Evan.

Good day and welcome to this episode of the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast. I’m your host, podcaster and author of Fun Fantasy Reads, Jamie Davis. This podcast is exactly what the title says it is, a show focused on everything in fantasy books.

This show will cover everything to do with fantasy books. From Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, and everything in between, expect to find the best and brightest authors from all the various corners of the fantasy book world. Plus we’ll add in a few other very special guests as well along the way.

For my news update, I’m one week out from the release of The Charm Runner, Book 1 of the Broken Throne saga. The launch went well with a few hiccups along the way. That’s alright. You learn and move forward to make the next one even better. So, I’ll look forward to the next book in that series that launches in 2 weeks. Prophecy’s Child is already out for pre-order and is doing well. Such is the life of the indie author.

As always, if you’re interested in more information on what I’m up to, check out my fan group on Facebook, Jamie’s Fun Fantasy Readers and on my website and blog, JamieDavisBooks.com.

Okay, let’s get into this very special episode. It’s Episode 50! I thought we should do something special to celebrate and I’ll talk more about that later on in the show.

Our guest tonight is Fantasy Focus group founder Michael Evan. Michael was here on episode 1 of the podcast and I thought it was important to bring him back and talk some more about fantasy books, an upcoming charity anthology he’s created, and the future for the Fantasy Focus community on Facebook and the Fantasy-Focus.com site.

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Building a Variety of Fantasy Worlds with Michael Chatfield

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Jamie Davis
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This is the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast Episode 49 with Michael Chatfield.

Good day and welcome to this episode of the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast. I’m your host, podcaster and author of Fun Fantasy Reads, Jamie Davis. This podcast is exactly what the title says it is, a show focused on everything in fantasy books.

This show will cover everything to do with fantasy books. From Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, and everything in between, expect to find the best and brightest authors from all the various corners of the fantasy book world. Plus we’ll add in a few other very special guests as well along the way.

So, let’s start off with my personal update. Things are starting to settle down for the recent release of The Charm Runner, Book 1 of the Broken Throne series. That’s a good thing because I now have to focus on the release of Book 2, Prophecy’s Child in just a few weeks. I’ll be releasing a new book in the series every three weeks until all five books are out.

As always, if you’re interested in more information on what I’m up to, check out my fan group on Facebook, Jamie’s Fun Fantasy Readers and on my website and blog, JamieDavisBooks.com.

Alright, time to get into this week’s episode interview. Today’s episode features author Michael Chatfield. A Brit living in Canada, Michael Chatfield writes character driven books, in the scifi, fantasy, LitRPG and cultivation genres.

At this time he is working on the Ten realms and Death Knight Series. Chatfield draws on his time spent as an Infanteer in the Canadian Military to bring a realism to his stories. While matching it with characters that feel alive and have depth to them that drags you into his stories.

Visit Michael Chatfield’s Facebook Author Page here.

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Writing Fantasy Books You Can’t Put Down with Sarah Noffke

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Jamie Davis
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This is the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast Episode 48 with Sarah Noffke.

Good day and welcome to this episode of the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast. I’m your host, podcaster and author of Fun Fantasy Reads, Jamie Davis. This podcast is exactly what the title says it is, a show focused on everything in fantasy books.

This show will cover everything to do with fantasy books. From Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, and everything in between, expect to find the best and brightest authors from all the various corners of the fantasy book world. Plus we’ll add in a few other very special guests as well along the way.

First off, my update. I’ve spent the weekend getting a full week of marketing and social media take overs for the release of The Charm Runner, Book 1 of the Broken Throne series. The book is now live on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited and is already doing great. It’s a story telling the tale of a smuggler of blackmarket magic in a world where magic is against the law. I urge you to check it out.

As always, if you’re interested in more information on what I’m up to, check out my fan group on Facebook, Jamie’s Fun Fantasy Readers and on my website and blog, JamieDavisBooks.com.

Alright, time to get into this week’s episode interview. I am excited to be joined by my friend and author, Sarah Noffke. Sarah, an Amazon Best Seller, writes YA and NA science fiction, fantasy, paranormal and urban fantasy.

In addition to being an author, she is a mother, podcaster and professor. Noffke holds a Masters of Management and teaches college business/writing courses. Most of her students have no idea that she toils away her hours crafting fictional characters.

Noffke’s books are top rated and best-sellers on Amazon and among my personal favorites, especially her Unstoppable Liv Beaufont series.

Visit Sarah Noffke’s Facebook Author Page here.

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Fantasy Books and Historical Martial Arts Swordplay with Lee Conley

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Jamie Davis
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This is the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast Episode 47 with Lee Conley.

Good day and welcome to this episode of the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast. I’m your host, podcaster and author of Fun Fantasy Reads, Jamie Davis. This podcast is exactly what the title says it is, a show focused on everything in fantasy books.

This show will cover everything to do with fantasy books. From Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, and everything in between, expect to find the best and brightest authors from all the various corners of the fantasy book world. Plus we’ll add in a few other very special guests as well along the way.

For my update, I’m focused like a laser on the pending release of The Charm Runner, Book 1 of the Broken Throne series. It releases this coming Friday. As an indie author, all the business side of publishing falls to me, too, so I’ve been working on getting the marketing side of the pending launch perfect.

As always, if you’re interested in more information on what I’m up to, check out my fan group on Facebook, Jamie’s Fun Fantasy Readers and on my website and blog, JamieDavisBooks.com.

Alright, time to get into this week’s episode interview. I have Lee Conley on the show today. Lee is a musician and writer in Lincolnshire, UK. He lives with his wife Laura and daughters Luna and newborn Anya in the historic cathedral city of Lincoln.

Alongside a lifetime of playing guitar and immersing himself in the study of music and history, Lee is also a practitioner and instructor of historic martial arts and swordsmanship. After writing his successful advanced guitar theory textbook, The Guitar Teachers Grimoire, Lee turns his hand to writing fiction.

Lee is working on his debut fantasy series The Dead Sagas as well as also generally writing speculative fiction and horror. His interview segment is coming up next.

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Authors, Books, and AI Linguistics with E.G. Stone

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Jamie Davis
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This is the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast Episode 46 with E.G. Stone.

Good day and welcome to this episode of the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast. I’m your host, podcaster and author of Fun Fantasy Reads, Jamie Davis. This podcast is exactly what the title says it is, a show focused on everything in fantasy books.

This show will cover everything to do with fantasy books. From Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, and everything in between, expect to find the best and brightest authors from all the various corners of the fantasy book world. Plus we’ll add in a few other very special guests as well along the way.

First up this week, I’m excited about what’s in store for me over the next seven days. A week from today’s episode release, I have the release of my Broken Throne series, starting with book 1, The Charm Runner.

The series is based in a world where Magic is against the law and a mob culture springs up around the sales of blackmarket magic. I’ll be releasing a new book in the 5-book series every three weeks until all five are out.

As always, if you’re interested in more information on what I’m up to, check out my fan group on Facebook, Jamie’s Fun Fantasy Readers and on my website and blog, JamieDavisBooks.com.

Now we get into our guest for this episode. Today we have E.G. Stone on the show. E.G. has been writing, quite literally, since the age of six. Since then, E.G. has improved rather a lot and has written (so far) twenty-one full-length novels, various short stories, a screenplay, snippets of poetry, and various blog entries that may or may not make sense.

When not writing, she is off musing about the workings of languages, both real and created, or wandering around and experiencing new people, places and things. E.G. prefers to write while sitting with a cup of tea and a cat, but almost any location will do nicely.

E.G. Stone’s Facebook Author Page.

E.G.’s YouTube Channel.

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Dragons, Superheroes, and Writing with James Maxey on the Podcast

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Jamie Davis

This is the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast Episode 45 with James Maxey.

Good day and welcome to this episode of the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast. I’m your host, podcaster and author of Fun Fantasy Reads, Jamie Davis. This podcast is exactly what the title says it is, a show focused on everything in fantasy books.

This show will cover everything to do with fantasy books. From Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, and everything in between, expect to find the best and brightest authors from all the various corners of the fantasy book world. Plus we’ll add in a few other very special guests as well along the way.

For my personal update, I’m excited about the coming release of the Broken Throne 5-book urban fantasy series coming out in a few weeks on July 19th. I’m excited about the way many of my author friends are helping me out with this re-release of this series following my recovery of the rights from the original publisher.

Book 1, The Charm Runner, is up for pre-order now. The series explores a world where magic is treated as illegal and becomes a black market product like alcohol during prohibition here in the U.S. Gangsters, crooked cops, a super-evil hero, and more make this book the perfect summer read (at least I hope so).

As always, if you’re interested in more information on what I’m up to, check out my fan group on Facebook, Jamie’s Fun Fantasy Readers and on my website and blog, JamieDavisBooks.com.

Now we get into our guest for this episode, James Maxey. James’ mother warned him if he read too many comic books they’d warp his brain. She was right! Now he’s an adult who can’t stop daydreaming. Fortunately daydreaming+typing=profit!

James is the author of twenty books, mostly dragon novels and superhero novels. He’s been a Phobos Award winner and was the 2015 Piedmont Laureate. Check all of James’ Books here at his author page.

Check out my chat with James, coming right up.

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Beyond the Vale with Brian D. Anderson on the Podcast

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Jamie Davis
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This is the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast Episode 44 with Brian D. Anderson.

Good day and welcome to this episode of the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast. I’m your host, podcaster and author of Fun Fantasy Reads, Jamie Davis. This podcast is exactly what the title says it is, a show focused on everything in fantasy books.

This show will cover everything to do with fantasy books. From Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, and everything in between, expect to find the best and brightest authors from all the various corners of the fantasy book world. Plus we’ll add in a few other very special guests as well along the way.

Work for me continues to focus on working on re-writing and editing my current urban fantasy project. For a lot of authors, editing and re-writes are a tedious, but necessary evil of our work. Still, it’s important to get our books right. In the meantime, I’m enjoying working on continuing promotion of my latest release, Cyber’s Escape, book 2 in the Sapiens Run trilogy. If you haven’t checked that series out, out I recommend you do so.

As always, if you’re interested in more information on what I’m up to, check out my fan group on Facebook, Jamie’s Fun Fantasy Readers and on my website and blog, JamieDavisBooks.com.

Now we get into our guest for this episode, Brian D. Anderson. Brian is the indie-bestselling fantasy author of The Godling Chronicles, Dragonvein, and Akiri (with co-author Steven Savile) series. His books have sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide and his audiobooks are perennially popular.

He got started writing after a fifteen year long career in music, when he rediscovered his boyhood love of telling stories via the written word. It was soon apparent that this was what he should have been pursuing all along. Currently, he lives in the sleepy southern town of Fairhope, Alabama with his wife and son, who inspire him daily.

In this episode, we talk about Brian’s The Vale series.

Visit Brian D. Anderson’s Facebook page and Brian D. Anderson’s Twitter Page.

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Weaving a Rich Nordic Tapestry in The Fylking with F.T. McKinstry

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Jamie Davis
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Good day and welcome to this episode of the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast. I’m your host, podcaster and author of Fun Fantasy Reads, Jamie Davis. This podcast is exactly what the title says it is, a show focused on everything in fantasy books.

This show will cover everything to do with fantasy books. From Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, and everything in between, expect to find the best and brightest authors from all the various corners of the fantasy book world. Plus we’ll add in a few other very special guests as well along the way.

Okay, Cyber’s Escape, book 2 in the Sapiens Run trilogy came out last week. We’re only a few days in, but the series seems to be going well. Now comes the time to focus forward. I’m still working on a new urban fantasy project that I’m pretty excited about. I’m working on re-writing the draft and making sure I hit all the beats perfectly.

I’m also looking forward to the launch of a completed Urban Fantasy series. This is the series I recently got the rights back for from the publisher. This is a big deal for an indie author. As an indie, I can often do more to focus on the series and proper marketing than a publisher who has many books across multiple genres to promote. Stay tuned for more on these books in the coming weeks.

As always, if you’re interested in more information on what I’m up to, check out my fan group on Facebook, Jamie’s Fun Fantasy Readers and on my website and blog, JamieDavisBooks.com.

Alright, time to get into this week’s episode interview. Today’s episode features author Faith McKinstry. Faith grew up studying classical music, reading books, and drawing. For years, in the closets of high tech jobs, she created fantasy worlds; now she spends most of her time living in them. Among other things, her work is inspired by Northern European mythology and folklore, fairy tales, mythical creatures, creepy gardens, medieval warfare, and more.

Faith’s written works include the fantasy series, Chronicles of Ealiron and The Fylking. She lives in the north woods of New England with her cats, fishes, and a lot of plants.

Check out my interview with Faith, coming right up next.

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