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ADVANCE READER COPIES OF BE MY RENFIELD ARE NOW AVAILABLE

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Request an ARC of THE CRADLE OF ETERNAL NIGHT

eARCs are available for my forthcoming sapphic romantasy horror about a bard and a witch on a quest to bring the light back to their world swathed in darkness

If you're interested in reading The Fealty of Monsters Volume 1 early, I'm collecting ARC requests and the first batch is going out tomorrow

Toshiyuki Horie’s collection of short stories leaves much to be reflected upon and considered. The writing contains a dreamlike quality, a characteristic I have noticed in many Japanese novels I have read thus far. Thus creating a very reading experience from American and English novels which are largely driven by plot and characters, this series of short stories is rather reflective. Nothing happens and nothing progresses and the characters themselves search for meaning within their lives or attempt to reconcile past events. In this sense, I thought it reflected reality more.

Due to this all three short stories contained a surreal element to them, it created a space where time was lost and no longer seemed to hold meaning as Horie seamlessly blended past events with the present in order to observe how the past continues to impact character’s present. I also found myself continuously searching for meaning in events or symbols that appeared throughout a narrative but eventually came to the realisation that often, there is no meaning hidden behind them. The events simply are, just like they are in life.

ARC Management Tips: How to Avoid Over-Requesting

ARC Management Tips: How to Avoid Over-Requesting For the past 3 years, I’ve kept my ARC feedback ratio sitting pretty at 100%. Now, I’m fairly proud of this accomplishment, but I have to admit I wasn’t always this on top of things. When I initially figured out how to request ARCs online at NetGalley and Edelweiss, I went hogwild. I mean absolutely nucking futs, requesting everything I thought…