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Relooking At Leadership in Speculative Fiction: Part 2

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Nov 28 2024

Relooking At Leadership in Speculative Fiction

Posted in Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Nov 25 2024

On Crows Reprised — in “The Wall Of Night” Series

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 21 2024

On Crows…(Plus A L’il More :-) )

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 18 2024

Meet Orth: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Nov 14 2024

What I’m Reading: “City of Girls” by Elizabeth Gilbert

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Nov 11 2024

Those Books Keep Coming!

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Nov 07 2024

3 Authors Talk Writing Villains: New On Supernatural Underground for November

Posted in Friends, Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Nov 04 2024

It’s Halloween! Time For A Listicle

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Oct 31 2024

What I’m Reading: “Educated” by Tara Westover

Posted in Recommended Reading, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Oct 28 2024

“Homing”: from the ‘Ithaca Conversations’ Series

Posted in Influences on Story, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 24 2024

What’s Up On Supernatural Underground

Posted in Fun Stuff, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Oct 21 2024

Albert Camus Meets “Lord of the Rings”– with A Li’l Helen Lowe Thrown In

Posted in About Writing, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 17 2024

What I’m Reading: “Songbirds” by Christy Lefteri

Posted in Recommended Reading, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Oct 14 2024

Meet Orn: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Oct 10 2024

Swing Into Spring

Posted in Events, Fun Stuff, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 07 2024

On Supernatural Underground Now: Once Were Heroes — The Year of the Villain #9

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Oct 03 2024

Funded! Canterbury Poets Are Across The Line!

Posted in General, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Sep 30 2024

A Canterbury Poets’ “Boosted” Reminder — & Fabulous Poetry Quote

Posted in Poetry, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Sep 26 2024

What I’m Reading: “Night Train To Lisbon” by Pascal Mercier

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Sep 23 2024

Boosted: ‘Poetry In Performance’ Fundraiser

Posted in General, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Sep 19 2024

It’s WALL #4 Update Time — Beavering On

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Sep 16 2024

Meet Onnorin — All About Minor Characters In “The Wall Of Night Series”

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Sep 12 2024

On Writing A Novel: Haruki Murakami

Posted in About Writing, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Sep 09 2024

More Book Booty!

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Sep 05 2024

On Supernatural Underground Now: The Year of the Villain #8

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Sep 02 2024

“All created works forged in their notebooks…”

Posted in About My Books, About Writing by Helen Lowe

Aug 29 2024

On Writing — Louise Glück

Posted in About Writing, Fun Stuff, Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Aug 22 2024

Oops: It’s Monday!

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., General by Helen Lowe

Aug 19 2024

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Orcis

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Aug 15 2024

What I’m Reading: “To Say Nothing Of The Dog” by Connie Willis

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Aug 12 2024

A Quick Look At Owls in Fantasy

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

Aug 08 2024

On Supernatural Underground Now: The Year of the Villain #7

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Aug 05 2024

ICYMI: Check Out “The Wall Of Night” Wiki on Fandom.Org

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Aug 01 2024

More on Fairytales — A Quote from Victoria M Adams

Posted in Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 29 2024

Extry “Supernatural Underground” Goodness

Posted in Fun Stuff, Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jul 25 2024

More on Fairytales — A Quote from CS Lewis

Posted in Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 22 2024

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet the Old Earl

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Jul 18 2024

“Once Upon A Time…” — A Quote from Sara Maitland

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 15 2024

Announcing “The Wall of Night” Wiki!

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jul 11 2024

Myth & Magic, Fairy Tale & Folklore: Influences on “The House at the End of the Sea” — Part 2

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Influences on Story, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 08 2024

Fun Stuff Ahead!

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 04 2024

On Supernatural Underground Now: The Year of the Villain #6

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jul 01 2024

On the Eve of Matariki — with a Quote from Sarah Williams

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jun 27 2024

What I’m Reading: “System Collapse” by Martha Wells

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Jun 24 2024

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Old Alth

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Jun 20 2024

Victoria M Adams & “The House At the End of the Sea” — Q&A #3

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jun 17 2024

Victoria M Adams & “The House At the End of the Sea” — Q&A #2

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jun 13 2024

Victoria M Adams & “The House At the End of the Sea”: Q&A #1

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jun 10 2024

What’s Next: A 3-Part Q&A with Victoria M Adams on “The House At The End Of the Sea”

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jun 06 2024

On Supernatural Underground Now: The Year of the Villain #5 — Plus More!

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jun 03 2024

The Compleat List of “Daughter of Blood” Q&A Posts

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Fun Stuff, Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

May 30 2024

“Taking Tea” — More Thoughts on Festivals & Feasts

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff, Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

May 27 2024

Q&A Thursdays #18: Adrian’s Question

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

May 23 2024

What I’m Reading: “The Wren, The Wren” by Anne Enright

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

May 20 2024

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Nuithe

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

May 16 2024

Two Quotes on Space Opera for Your Monday — from Iain M Banks & Gareth L Powell

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

May 13 2024

And It’s Out: “The House At The End of The Sea”

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

May 09 2024

What I’m Reading: “Station Eternity” by Mur Lafferty

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

May 06 2024

New on Supernatural Underground Now: The Year of the Villain #4

Posted in Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

May 02 2024

Rounding Up April on the Supernatural Underground

Posted in Fun Stuff, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Apr 29 2024

The WALL Series “Tuckerization” Tradition

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Apr 25 2024

Updates & Upsides: A Sneak Preview Into the WALL #4 “Tuckerization” Character

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ..., Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Apr 22 2024

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Nirn

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Apr 18 2024

The Upside Of The Update

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 15 2024

The Great “The Wall of Night” #4 Revision – It’s Update Time

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 11 2024

The Great “Wall Of Night” Series Read-Along: “The Heir of Night” Part 2

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff, Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

Apr 08 2024

What’s Coming Up

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ..., Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Apr 04 2024

New on Supernatural Underground Now: The Year of the Villain #3

Posted in Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Apr 01 2024

Autumnal

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 28 2024

A Writing Quote To Start The Week — from Jeanette Winterson

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Mar 25 2024

Q&A Thursdays #17: Jane’s Question

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Mar 21 2024

Recently on Supernatural Underground — A Perfect Storm, Plus More…

Posted in Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Mar 18 2024

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Nindorith

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Mar 14 2024

“What Is Your MC’s Style If They’re Dressing Up?” — Part 2

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Mar 11 2024

What I’m Watching — Avatar: The Last Airbender

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Mar 07 2024

New On Supernatural Underground Now: The Year of the Villain #2 & Earthsea

Posted in Influences on Story, Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Mar 04 2024

ICYMI: The Author’s Tale — Conversations From The Writing Life

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Fun Stuff, My Interviews, Poetry, Short Fiction by Helen Lowe

Feb 29 2024

“What Is Your MC’s Style If They’re Dressing Up?”

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Feb 26 2024

A Quote After My Own Heart from Robert Louis Stevenson

Posted in Uncategorized by Helen Lowe

Feb 22 2024

Choose Your Poison! New on Supernatural Underground from Kim Falconer

Posted in Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Feb 19 2024

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Nimor

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Feb 14 2024

An Author’s Tale #3 & #4 — Conversations From The Writing Life

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Fun Stuff, My Interviews, Short Fiction by Helen Lowe

Feb 12 2024

Look What’s Here — “The House At The End Of The Sea”!

Posted in Friends, Just Arrived, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Feb 08 2024

Recently on Supernatural Underground: Some Great Posts

Posted in Fun Stuff, Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Feb 05 2024

New On Supernatural Underground Now: The Year of the Villain #1

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Feb 01 2024

An Author’s Tale #1 & #2 — Conversations From The Writing Life

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Fun Stuff, My Interviews, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 29 2024

A Writing Quote from the Great Ursula Le Guin

Posted in About Writing, Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jan 25 2024

Book Booty for 2024

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jan 22 2024

Q&A Thursdays #16: Forrest’s Question

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jan 18 2024

My Holiday Reading

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jan 15 2024

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Nhenir

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Jan 11 2024

Reflecting On Last Year’s “Book Booty” (January 9, 2023)

Posted in Other Writers, Recommended Reading, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jan 08 2024

New On Supernatural Underground Now: I Usher In 2024 — & A New Theme for the Year!

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jan 04 2024

The 10 Most-Read Posts of 2023

Posted in Best of '... on Anything, Really', Most-Read Posts by Helen Lowe

Dec 31 2023

Thinking About Christmas—And 2024!

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Dec 28 2023

Looking Ahead, AKA What May Help Get An Earlier Publication Date for WALL #4

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ..., General by Helen Lowe

Dec 21 2023

Steady-As-She-Goes: A Revision Update

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Dec 18 2023

Characters Behaving Badly Reprised

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, General by Helen Lowe

Dec 14 2023

The Great “Wall Of Night” Series Read-Along: Part 1 Complete!

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Dec 11 2023

What’s Coming Up

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ..., Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Dec 07 2023

On Supernatural Underground: Bromance & Bands-of-Brothers in “Daughter Of Blood”

Posted in About My Books, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Dec 04 2023

Monday’s Kate Forsyth Quote In Full — Plus Scorecard!

Posted in About Writing, Fun Stuff, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Nov 30 2023

Kicking For Touch — With Added Writing Quote Goodness

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 27 2023

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Nherenor

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Nov 23 2023

Two For One: “The Two Tailed Snake” by Nod Ghosh; Plus An Extra SU Post

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Nov 20 2023

A Final Riff On Reading “The Axeman’s Carnival”

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Nov 16 2023

Evocative Music

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 13 2023

Gorgeous Words: Catherine Chidgey & “The Axeman’s Carnival”

Posted in General, Other Writers, Recommended Reading, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Nov 09 2023

What I’m Reading: “The Axeman’s Carnival” by Catherine Chidgey

Posted in Other Writers, Recommended Reading, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Nov 06 2023

New On Supernatural Underground Now: Bands-of-Brothers in “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in About My Books, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Nov 02 2023

A Writing Quote from Michael Crichton, 1942 – 2008

Posted in About Writing, Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 30 2023

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Nerys

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Oct 26 2023

It’s Labour Day…

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Oct 23 2023

A Northland Adventure

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 19 2023

A Writing “Time-In”

Posted in About What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Oct 16 2023

Gorgeous Words: Tan Twan Eng & “The Garden of Evening Mists”

Posted in General, Other Writers, Recommended Reading by Helen Lowe

Oct 12 2023

What I’m Reading: The Garden Of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng

Posted in Recommended Reading, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Oct 09 2023

Just Arrived: “The Axeman’s Carnival” by Catherine Chidgey

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 05 2023

New On Supernatural Underground Now: Bands-of-Brothers in “The Heir of Night”

Posted in About My Books, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Oct 02 2023

Q&A Thursdays #15: Andrew’s Question

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Sep 28 2023

A Book Quote To Start Your Week — by Charles De Lint via Terri Windling

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Sep 25 2023

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Nerion

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Sep 21 2023

Just Arrived: “The Garden Of Evening Mists” by Tan Twan Eng

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Sep 18 2023

ICYMI — There’s A “The Wall Of Night” Series Read-Along!

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Sep 14 2023

About Those Book Covers, Then…

Posted in Fun Stuff, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Sep 11 2023

A Great Quote From Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Sep 07 2023

New on Supernatural Underground — A Few More “Band of Bro’s” Favourites

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Sep 04 2023

A Little Bit Of Poetry News — & Supernatural Underground

Posted in Poetry, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Aug 31 2023

Celebrating National Poetry Day: “Fey”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Aug 28 2023

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Narn

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Aug 24 2023

From The Backlist: Reflections on Minor Characters

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff, General, Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

Aug 21 2023

FB Group Haarth Invites You — To “The Wall Of Night” Read-Along!

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Aug 17 2023

It’s Revision Update Time!

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Aug 14 2023

Q&A Thursdays #14: Bethany’s Question

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Aug 10 2023

A Writing Quote From Margaret Atwood

Posted in About Writing, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Aug 07 2023

New On Supernatural Underground — When Bros Go Bad

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Aug 03 2023

What I’m Reading: “Curse of Shadows” by AK Wilder

Posted in Recommended Reading, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jul 31 2023

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Namath

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Jul 27 2023

What’s A-Happenin’

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jul 24 2023

Styling Characters in “Daughter of Blood”

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Epic Fantasy, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jul 20 2023

A Writing Quote from the Great Ursula K Le Guin

Posted in About Writing, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 17 2023

Remembering Judith Walsh

Posted in Friends, Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 13 2023

Styling Characters in “The Gathering of the Lost” – Revisited!

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Epic Fantasy, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jul 10 2023

Styling Characters in “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Epic Fantasy, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jul 06 2023

On Supernatural Underground for July – Sister Acts

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jul 03 2023

Ending As We Began – Photo #10 From Marion Drolsbach’s NZ Visit

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jun 29 2023

Styling Characters in “The Heir Of Night”

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Epic Fantasy, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jun 26 2023

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Nalin

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Jun 22 2023

On Supernatural Underground – Kim Falconer & “Styling Characters”

Posted in Friends, Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jun 19 2023

Q&A Thursdays #13: Ashley’s Question

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jun 15 2023

About This “Seasonality” Thing, Then…

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jun 12 2023

Fun With Friends: Photo #9 From Marion Drolsbach’s NZ Visit

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jun 08 2023

On SuperntrlUnderg for June — Celebrating the Bromance

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jun 05 2023

Waiting for Supernatural Underground

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jun 01 2023

ICYMI: The Most Recent WALL #4 Updates

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

May 29 2023

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Naia

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

May 25 2023

Mothers As Main Characters in Fantasy & SciFi: Aimee Eden in “Sweet Tooth”

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

May 22 2023

Q&A Thursdays #12: Tom’s Question

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

May 18 2023

Mothers As Main Characters in Fantasy & SciFi (Reprised)

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

May 15 2023

Fun With Friends: Photos #8 From Marion Drolsbach’s NZ Visit

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

May 11 2023

A Quote from Jack Kerouac

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

May 08 2023

On Supernatural Underground Now: Celebrating the “Band of Sisters”

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

May 04 2023

Revision Ho!

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ..., Other Writers by Helen Lowe

May 01 2023

Real News: A WALL #4 Update

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 27 2023

A Writing Quote From Phyllis Theroux

Posted in About Writing, Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Apr 24 2023

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Nai

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Apr 20 2023

Gorgeous Words: Rereading “Tokaido” by Lucia St Clair Robson

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Other Writers, Recommended Reading by Helen Lowe

Apr 17 2023

Fun With Friends: Photos #6 & #7 From Marion Drolsbach

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Apr 13 2023

Catchcries & Slogans Revisited :-)

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Apr 10 2023

Catchcries & Slogans

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Apr 06 2023

On Supernatural Underground Now: The “Scooby Gang”

Posted in Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Apr 03 2023

Q&A Thursdays #11: Jenny’s Question

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Mar 30 2023

12 Favourite Sci-Fi Movies

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Mar 27 2023

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Myron

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Mar 23 2023

Sir Julius Vogel Awards — Open For Nominations Now!

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Mar 20 2023

Fun With Friends: Photo #5 from Marion Drolsbach

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Mar 16 2023

A Writing Quote from Ernest Hemingway

Posted in About Writing, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Mar 13 2023

International Women’s Day (March 8)

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Mar 09 2023

Inside The Writing Life: The Pilot Star

Posted in About Writing by Helen Lowe

Mar 06 2023

On Supernatural Underground Now: Celebrating The ‘Band of Brothers” in Fantasy #2

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Mar 02 2023

The Tao of Writing: ‘The Book That Can Be Spoken of Is Not the Book’ (Reprised, Sort-Of)

Posted in About Writing, Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

Feb 27 2023

Fun With Friends: Photos #3 & #4 From Marion Drolsbach

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Feb 23 2023

What I’m Reading: “Nona the Ninth” (Locked Tomb #3) by Tamsyn Muir

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Feb 20 2023

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Mykon Ambard

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Feb 16 2023

Thoughts On A Book Quote by Margaret Atwood

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., About Writing, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Feb 13 2023

On Supernatural Underground Now: Celebrating The “Band of Brothers” in Fantasy #1

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Feb 09 2023

What I’m Reading: “Dogside Story” by Patricia Grace

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Feb 06 2023

Fun With Friends: Photo #2 From Marion Drolsbach

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Feb 02 2023

Writing On: A “Mini” WALL #4 Update

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jan 30 2023

Thirty Years: Wow!

Posted in About Writing, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jan 26 2023

Reflections on Writing As Vocation

Posted in About Writing, General by Helen Lowe

Jan 23 2023

Fun With Friends: Photo #1 From Marion Drolsbach

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jan 19 2023

“The Buried Giant” by Kazuo Ishiguro: Book Booty Reprised…

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jan 16 2023

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Murn

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Jan 12 2023

Book Booty! AKA What The Holiday Season Brought Me…

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jan 09 2023

The 10 Most-Read Posts of 2022

Posted in Best of '... on Anything, Really', Most-Read Posts by Helen Lowe

Jan 05 2023

On Supernatural Underground Now: Happy New Year!

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jan 02 2023

“Australia Post” — A Poem

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 29 2022

Look What’s New — “Curse of Shadows” from AK Wilder

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Dec 26 2022

Deferring A WALL #4 Update — Plus A Seasonal Poem

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ..., Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 22 2022

Currently Re-Reading: “Count Zero” by William Gibson

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Dec 19 2022

Q&A Thursdays #10: Shannon’s Question

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Dec 15 2022

High Romantic Fantasy & “The Wall Of Night” Series

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy, Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

Dec 12 2022

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Morin

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Dec 08 2022

A Quote To Start Your Week: Nick Cave on Inspiration

Posted in Uncategorized by Helen Lowe

Dec 05 2022

On Supernatural Underground Now: “What Makes A Hero?” #10 – Camaraderie & Characters

Posted in Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Dec 01 2022

A Quote for Our Times From Ursula K. Le Guin, 1929 – 2018

Posted in About Writing, Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Nov 28 2022

Q&A Thursdays #9: Josh’s Question

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Nov 24 2022

Just arrived: Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Nov 21 2022

On Supernatural Underground: “What Makes A Hero?”#9 — Calm and Chaos

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Nov 17 2022

“Having Fun With Epic Fantasy”: A Compleat List — & SU News

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Nov 14 2022

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Miro

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Nov 10 2022

Inside the Writing Life — & Channeling “The Wind In The Willows”

Posted in About Writing by Helen Lowe

Nov 07 2022

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy, Supernatural Underground, & All That Writing-Life Jazz

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Nov 03 2022

It’s Halloween!

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 31 2022

“Giacometti” Revisited

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 27 2022

What I’m Reading: “Tumble” by Joanna Preston

Posted in Poetry, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Oct 24 2022

Gorgeous Words: A Quote by Angela Carter

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 20 2022

What I’m Reading: “The One Hundred Years Of Lenni and Margot” by Marianne Cronin

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Oct 17 2022

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Meya

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Oct 13 2022

What I’m Reading: “The House in the Cerulean Sea” by TJ Klune

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Oct 10 2022

Q&A Thursdays Reprised #8: Robin’s Question

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Oct 06 2022

On Supernatural Underground Now, “What Makes a Fantasy Hero?” #8: Clever — or Clueless?

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Oct 03 2022

Monday’s Hilary Mantel Quote — & A Question Answered :-)

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Sep 29 2022

Remembrance — & A Quote To Mark The Passing of Hilary Mantel, 1952-2022

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Sep 26 2022

Revisiting “Finland” by Victoria Broome (From The Backlist)

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Sep 22 2022

A Nine-Book Giveaway on Supernatural Underground!

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Sep 19 2022

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Marten

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Sep 15 2022

“On Writing”: An ‘Oldie’ Now, But Still Good

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Sep 12 2022

Q&A Thursdays Reprised #7: Jason’s Question

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Sep 08 2022

On Supernatural Underground Now: What Makes A Hero? #7 —Chivalry

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Sep 05 2022

“Orison” — For NZ Poetry Month (Belated)

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Sep 01 2022

Just Arrived: “The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot” by Margaret Cronin

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Aug 29 2022

“The Hobbit” / “The Heir of Night” Giveaway Result

Posted in Fun Stuff, Giveaways by Helen Lowe

Aug 25 2022

The Wall Of Night #4 (“The Chaos Gate”) Update: August 2022

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Aug 22 2022

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Manan

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Aug 18 2022

This ‘N’ That

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., Fun Stuff, General, Giveaways, Poetry, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Aug 15 2022

A Giveaway Reminder – Plus “The Rings of Power: Second Age” Is Nigh!

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, Giveaways by Helen Lowe

Aug 11 2022

Further Reflections On Recent Posts…

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Aug 08 2022

On Supernatural Underground Now: What Makes A Hero #6 — Charisma

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Aug 04 2022

The Hobbit: There & Back Again – 85 Years On!

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Aug 01 2022

A Writing Quote from GK Chesterton — Plus the Giveaway!

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Jul 28 2022

“The Hobbit”, Tolkien’s Legacy — & A Giveaway!

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 25 2022

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Malisande

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Jul 14 2022

The Wall of Night #4 (The Chaos Gate): Update Deferral

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Jul 11 2022

Just Arrived: “The House In The Cerulean Sea” — by TJ Klune

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Jul 07 2022

On Supernatural Underground Now: What Makes A Hero #5 — Challenge

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Jul 04 2022

Q&A Thursdays Reprised #6: Rosie’s Question

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Jun 30 2022

A Quote To Start Your Week — from Author, Kate Forsyth

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Jun 27 2022

Q&A Thursdays Reprised #5: Chris’s Question

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Jun 23 2022

Haiku — “after the funeral”

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Jun 20 2022

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Malar

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Jun 16 2022

Sayonara

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jun 13 2022

The Book Covers of Patricia McKillip

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Jun 09 2022

Poetry of Joanna Preston

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Jun 06 2022

On Supernatural Underground Now: What Makes A Hero #4 — Courage

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Jun 02 2022

Patricia McKillip: Marvels and Magic

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May 30 2022

A Quote For Thursday, by Leonard Cohen, 1934 – 2016

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May 26 2022

Just Arrived: “Tumble” by Joanna Preston

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May 23 2022

Q&A Thursdays Reprised #4: Lindsay’s Question

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May 19 2022

In Memoriam: Patricia McKillip, 1948 – 2022

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May 16 2022

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Madder

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May 12 2022

“It Is A Truth Universally Acknowledged…”

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May 09 2022

What I’m Reading: “ANZAC Diary: A Nonentity in Khaki”

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May 05 2022

On Supernatural Underground Now: What Makes A Hero #3 — Commitment

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May 02 2022

Q&A Thursdays Reprised #3: Sandy’s Question

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Apr 28 2022

ANZAC Day: April 25

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Apr 25 2022

Q&A Thursdays Reprised #2: Sam’s Question

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Apr 21 2022

A Book Quote for Easter Monday: from “Chocolat” by Joanne Harris

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Apr 18 2022

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Machys

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Apr 14 2022

The Wall Of Night #4 (“The Chaos Gate”) Update: April 2022

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Apr 11 2022

No Update Today, But…

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Apr 07 2022

On Supernatural Undergound: “What Makes A Hero?” #2 — Circumstance

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Apr 04 2022

Q&A Thursdays Reprised #1: Phoebe’s Question

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Mar 31 2022

Wrapping Up The Worldbuilding, For Now — BUT…

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Mar 28 2022

Kim Falconer on Supernatural Underground: Series or Standalone?

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Mar 24 2022

Just Arrived: “Maus” by Art Spiegelman

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Mar 21 2022

When It Comes to Worldbuilding & My Books…

Posted in A Geography of Haarth, About My Books, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Mar 17 2022

On Worldbuilding: Listicle 1 — Posts Focused on My Books

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Mar 14 2022

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In The Wall Of Night Series — Meet Luin

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Mar 10 2022

A Time of Scurrying

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Mar 07 2022

On Supernatural Underground Now: What Makes A Hero?

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Mar 03 2022

What I’m Reading: “The Shipping News” by Annie Proulx

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Feb 28 2022

Inside The Writing Life: The 3 C’s & Contrary Muses — But Hold On…

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Feb 24 2022

Celebrating The New: Eleven Years On from 22nd February, 2011

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Feb 22 2022

Today’s Post Tomorrow :-)

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Feb 21 2022

Inside the Writing life: A Closer Look At The Three C’s

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Feb 17 2022

On Worldbuilding: Beware The “Expository Lump!”

Posted in About Writing, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Feb 14 2022

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Lord Isrradin

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Feb 10 2022

A “Mini” WALL#4 Update

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Feb 07 2022

On Supernatural Underground: A Sneak Peek “Inside Middle Earth”

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Feb 03 2022

“My Worldbuilding: A Few Thoughts On Guiding Influences” (Reprised)

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Jan 31 2022

When It Comes To Books On Writing…

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Jan 27 2022

“On Worldbuilding” (Reprised)

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Jan 24 2022

Kinda Busy…

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Jan 20 2022

The Worldbuilding Journey Begins—With A Review!

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Jan 17 2022

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Lord Falk

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Jan 13 2022

On Anything, Really: What’s Coming Up

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Jan 10 2022

The Wall Of Night #4 (“The Chaos Gate”) Update: January 2022

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Jan 06 2022

New on Supernatural Underground: I Look Forward To A Heroic 2022

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Jan 03 2022

The 10 Most-Read Posts Of 2021

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Dec 30 2021

My 2021 “Reads O’ The Year”

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Dec 27 2021

On Supernatural Underground Now: A Season of Celebration — & Storytelling

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Dec 23 2021

What’s Coming Up for the Rest of the Year

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., General by Helen Lowe

Dec 20 2021

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Lord Bonamark

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Dec 16 2021

From The Blog Backlist: Where Ideas Come From

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Dec 13 2021

Wrapping Up The “Reading Older Books” Post Series

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Dec 09 2021

Reading Older Books: “The Grandiflora Tree” by Shonagh Koea

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Dec 06 2021

On Supernatural Undergound – Magic In Fantasy #12 and “The Wall Of Night” Series

Posted in About My Books, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Dec 02 2021

Noting A Few “Contact” Hiccups :-/

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Nov 29 2021

Dragonfly: aka The Magic of Nature

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Nov 25 2021

Reading Older Books: “These Lovers Fled Away” by Howard Spring

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Nov 22 2021

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Liy

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Nov 18 2021

What I’m Reading: “Akin” by Emma Donoghue

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Nov 15 2021

From The Blog Backlist: Writing Epic Heroines — The Princess & Others In “Thornspell”

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Nov 11 2021

Reading Older Books: “The Periodic Table” by Primo Levi

Posted in Other Writers, Recommended Reading, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Nov 08 2021

On Supernatural Underground Now: Magic In Fantasy #11 — The Magic Next Door

Posted in Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Nov 04 2021

Heroines, “Harriet”, & Formative Reads

Posted in Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

Nov 01 2021

From The Blog Backlist: Writing Epic Heroines

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Oct 28 2021

Inside The Writing Life: Wrangling the Roadblocks

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Oct 25 2021

Favourite Quotes From Group Haarth: Linden’s Choice

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Oct 21 2021

Islands

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Oct 18 2021

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Linnet

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Oct 14 2021

Inside the Writing Life: Of Puzzles and Gardens

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Oct 11 2021

Favourite Quotes From Group Haarth: Martina’s Choice

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Oct 07 2021

On Supernatural Underground Now: Magic In Fantasy #10 – The Magic of SF-nal Worlds

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Oct 04 2021

Seeing Te Papa’s Surrealist Exhibition

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Sep 30 2021

Hey, I’m Now Fully Vaxxed…

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Sep 27 2021

Favourite Quotes From Group Haarth: Rosie’s Choice

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Sep 23 2021

Albert Camus’ “The Plague” Amid These Covid Times: A Deep Reading Series

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Sep 20 2021

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Linden

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Sep 16 2021

A Writing Quote From Charles De Lint

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Sep 13 2021

Favourite Quotes From Group Haarth: Tricia’s Choice

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Sep 09 2021

Inside the Writing Life: It’s Plum Blossom Time

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Sep 06 2021

On Supernatural Underground Now: Magic In Fantasy #9 — Drawing on Fairytale, Folklore & Myth

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Sep 02 2021

Brought To You From Inside the Writing Life & Lockdown Cave NZ :-)

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Aug 30 2021

Favourite Quotes From Group Haarth: Mansi’s Choice

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Aug 26 2021

Lockdown Reprised — Plus Some Pandemic-Themed Reads

Posted in General, Recommended Reading by Helen Lowe

Aug 23 2021

Favourite Quotes from FB Group Haarth

Posted in About My Books, Friends, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Aug 19 2021

Just Arrived: Trail Of Lightning (Rebecca Roanhorse); Foxhunt (Rem Wigmore); Fugitive Telemetry (Martha Wells)

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Aug 16 2021

A Writing Quote From Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Aug 12 2021

No Post Today Because…

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., Fun Stuff, Short Fiction by Helen Lowe

Aug 09 2021

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Liannar

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Aug 05 2021

On Supernatural Underground Now: More Magic In Fantasy — Lighting The Spark

Posted in Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Aug 02 2021

From The Backlist: “Writers Are Thieves” — AKA Influences on Story

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Jul 29 2021

What I’m Reading: “Maquis” by George Millar

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Jul 26 2021

“The Wall Of Night” Book #4 (The Chaos Gate) Update: July

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Jul 22 2021

This Post Is Just To Say — Dear Readers, I Am Thinking Of You All

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jul 19 2021

From The Blog Backlist: An Interview With Daniel Abraham, Author Of “The Dragon’s Path”

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Jul 15 2021

Reasons For Reading Older & Old Books

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Jul 12 2021

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Liankhara

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Jul 08 2021

Inside the Writing Life: The Authorial Break

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Jul 05 2021

July 1, Supernatural Underground, Influences On Story – & a WALL Series Quote :)

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Jul 01 2021

What I’m Reading: “Amazons II” Anthology

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jun 28 2021

From The Blog Backlist: “North”

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jun 24 2021

Winter Solstice

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jun 21 2021

From The Blog Backlist: “The Magic Of Winter Worlds”

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jun 17 2021

What I’m Reading: “Prodigal Summer” by Barbara Kingsolver

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Jun 14 2021

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Lien

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Jun 10 2021

Reveals and Reflection

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ..., About Writing by Helen Lowe

Jun 07 2021

On Supernatural Underground Now: Magic Systems In Fantasy #6 with Amanda Arista

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Jun 03 2021

The 11th Anniversary of the Blog: Looking Ahead To The Backlist :-)

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May 31 2021

Inside The Writing Life: Many Placemarkers

Posted in About Writing, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

May 27 2021

Tweet O’ The Week: For WALL Readers :-)

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May 24 2021

When Time & Many Re-Reads Take Their Toll

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

May 20 2021

Reading Older Books

Posted in Fun Stuff, Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

May 17 2021

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Liad

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May 13 2021

Inside The Writing Life: Characters Behaving Badly

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May 10 2021

Spending Time With The Best of Book Friends – I Revisit “The Riddlemaster of Hed”

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May 06 2021

On Supernatural Underground Now: Magic Systems In Fantasy #5 with Lee Murray

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May 03 2021

A Fabulous Writing Quote From Author, Melissa Marr — On “Writers’ Block”

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Apr 29 2021

Epic — & ANZAC Day Observed

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Apr 26 2021

A Reminder That There’s A Dedicated “The Wall Of Night” Facebook Group for Readers :)

Posted in About My Books, Friends, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Apr 22 2021

The Wisdom of Haruki Murakami

Posted in About Writing, General, Other Writers, Recommended Reading by Helen Lowe

Apr 19 2021

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Leto Ilvaine

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Apr 15 2021

Giveaway of WINTERKEEP (Graceling Realm #4) by Kristin Cashore: Result!

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Apr 12 2021

Reminder: Giveaway for NZ Readers of “Winterkeep” by Kristin Cashore (Graceling Realm #4)

Posted in Giveaways, Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Apr 08 2021

As Promised, A “The Wall Of Night” Book #4 (The Chaos Gate) Update

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 05 2021

On Supernatural Underground Now: Magic Systems In Fantasy #4 with Kristin Cashore — Plus That “Winterkeep” Giveaway for NZ Readers!

Posted in Giveaways, Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Apr 02 2021

Coming Up Later Today: An Interview With Kristin Cashore on Supernatural Underground — Plus a Giveaway of “Winterkeep” for NZ Readers!

Posted in Giveaways, Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Apr 01 2021

For The Wall Of Night’s UK & Commonwealth Readers: Book #4 (The Chaos Gate) Will Be Available To You!

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Mar 29 2021

What’s Coming Up…

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ..., General, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Mar 25 2021

Gorgeous Words: John Preston and “The Dig”

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Mar 22 2021

Just Arrived: “Winterkeep” by Kristin Cashore

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Mar 18 2021

March 15 Terror Attacks: Remembrance — Ko Tatou, Tatou, We Are One.

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Mar 15 2021

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Leti

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Mar 11 2021

Van Gogh Alive In Christchurch — & Some Marvelous Quotes

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

Mar 08 2021

On Supernatural Underground: Magic Systems In Fantasy #3 — Courtney Schafer & The “Shattered Sigil” Series

Posted in Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Mar 04 2021

Just Arrived: “The Dig” by John Preston

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Mar 01 2021

The Prime Minister’s February 22nd National Remembrance Speech & “The Sparrows”

Posted in Earthquake Poems, Earthquake Reports, General, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 25 2021

Faultline: My Decade From February 22nd, 2011

Posted in Earthquake Reports, General by Helen Lowe

Feb 22 2021

This ‘n’ That (Including WALL #4) …

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ..., Fun Stuff, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Feb 18 2021

What I’m Reading: “The Dispossessed” by Ursula Le Guin

Posted in Recommended Reading, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Feb 15 2021

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Met Ler

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Feb 11 2021

Inside the Writing Life: Listening To The Silence

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., About Writing by Helen Lowe

Feb 08 2021

“Daughter of Blood” Is on Kindle Monthly Deal for February – USA/Canada

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Feb 04 2021

On Supernatural Underground Later Today — T Frohock & Magic In “A Song With Teeth” (LOS NEFILIM #3)

Posted in Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Feb 01 2021

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Lawr

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Jan 28 2021

A Report on Holiday Reading: “The Dry” by Jane Harper

Posted in Fun Stuff, Recommended Reading, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jan 25 2021

A Report On Holiday Small-Screen Viewing: “Emily In Paris”

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jan 21 2021

A Report on Holiday Viewing: “Nomadland”

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jan 18 2021

A Little About Character

Posted in About My Books, About The Characters, About Writing by Helen Lowe

Jan 14 2021

A Few Scenic Photos From My Christmas — New Year Break

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jan 11 2021

Magic in Fantasy — The First Q&A Features on Supernatural Underground: AK Wilder & CROWN OF BONES

Posted in Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jan 07 2021

On Supernatural Underground Now: Magic Systems — & Fun With Fellow Authors

Posted in Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jan 04 2021

The Ten “Most-Read” Posts of 2020

Posted in Best of '... on Anything, Really', Most-Read Posts by Helen Lowe

Dec 31 2020

A Final WALL#4 Update for the Year

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Dec 28 2020

It’s Christmas Eve…

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Dec 24 2020

Taking Tea With Kim Falconer — & A Few WALL Series Characters :-)

Posted in About My Books, Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Dec 21 2020

Wrapping Up A Year of Worldbuilding in Fantasy on The Supernatural Underground

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, General, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Dec 17 2020

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy #14: Fantastic Creatures & Animal Companions — But Wait…

Posted in Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Dec 14 2020

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Laer

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Dec 10 2020

Just Arrived: “Harrow The Ninth” by Tamsyn Muir

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Dec 07 2020

On Supernatural Underground Now: Worldbuilding in Fantasy #11 – Celebrating Our Supernatural Underground Worlds

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Dec 03 2020

Wow — 10 Years of Blogging!

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Nov 30 2020

Having Fun With “Jabberwocky”

Posted in About Writing, Fun Stuff, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 26 2020

Inside Middle Earth: Wattle Bay

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 23 2020

“O Frabjous Day” Reprised

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., About Writing by Helen Lowe

Nov 19 2020

Thinking About Juxtapositions

Posted in About Writing by Helen Lowe

Nov 16 2020

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Lady Sarifa

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Nov 12 2020

It’s A Mystery …

Posted in About Writing by Helen Lowe

Nov 09 2020

Inside The Writing Life: Sometimes It’s A Case Of “Oh Frabjous Day!

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., About Writing by Helen Lowe

Nov 05 2020

On Supernatural Underground Now: Worldbuilding in Fantasy #10 – A Wealth Of Fabulous Worlds

Posted in Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Nov 02 2020

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Lady Bonamark

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Oct 29 2020

“The Boy, the mole, the fox and the Horse” by Charlie Mackesy — with a segue to Twitter

Posted in Fun Stuff, Recommended Reading, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Oct 26 2020

Inside The Writing life: Those Moments of “Grr-Argh”

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., About Writing by Helen Lowe

Oct 22 2020

I Love This Quote by Gordon Lish

Posted in About Writing, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 19 2020

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Kylin

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Oct 15 2020

What I’m Reading: “The Darkest Evening” (Vera Stanhope Series) by Ann Cleeves

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Oct 12 2020

Sea House Marines in “The Wall Of Night” Series

Posted in About My Books by Helen Lowe

Oct 08 2020

Gorgeous Words: Laini Taylor and “Strange the Dreamer”

Posted in General, Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Oct 05 2020

On Supernatural Underground Now: Worldbuilding in Fantasy #9 — The Many Worlds Of Kate Elliott

Posted in Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Oct 01 2020

Swing Into Spring

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Sep 28 2020

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Koris

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Sep 24 2020

A Quintessential Female “Lovable Rogue”

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Sep 21 2020

Inside the Writing Life: Fun With Friends

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., About Writing by Helen Lowe

Sep 17 2020

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy #13: We All Love To Love — The Lovable Rogue

Posted in Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Sep 14 2020

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Kolthis

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Sep 10 2020

What I’m Reading: Bingeing Kate Atkinson…

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Sep 07 2020

On Supernatural Underground Now: Worldbuilding in Fantasy #8 — Elizabeth Knox’s “Southland”

Posted in Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Sep 03 2020

Inside the Writing Life: Further Reflection On Writing Transitions

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., About Writing by Helen Lowe

Aug 31 2020

Inside The Writing Life: ‘A Game Of Two Halves’

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., About Writing by Helen Lowe

Aug 27 2020

What I’m Watching: “The Mandalorian”

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Aug 24 2020

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Kion

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Aug 20 2020

What I’m Reading: “Rosewater” by Tade Thompson

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Aug 17 2020

Back In Those Covid Times Again

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Aug 13 2020

“Framing” The Book

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Aug 10 2020

What I’m Watching: “Warrior Nun”

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Aug 06 2020

On Supernatural Underground Now: Worldbuilding in Fantasy #7 — “Tymon’s Flight” by Mary Victoria

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Aug 03 2020

About The Characters: Meet the Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Kharalthor

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Jul 30 2020

A Few More Reflections on Irwin Shaw’s “The Young Lions”

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Jul 27 2020

Inside the Writing Life: Another Milestone Ticked Off

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Jul 23 2020

What I’m Reading: “The Young Lions” by Irwin Shaw

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Jul 20 2020

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series—Meet Keron

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Jul 16 2020

The Fantasy Hive: Women In SFF Author Spotlight Series

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Jul 13 2020

This Saturday: Children’s Literature Hub

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Jul 09 2020

A Decade of International Award Success for NZ Speculative Fiction

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Jul 06 2020

On Supernatural Underground Now: Worldbuilding in Fantasy #6 — “Gideon the Ninth” by Tamsyn Muir

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Jul 02 2020

Congratulations, Tamsyn Muir: Locus Award 2020 for First Book

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Jun 29 2020

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Kelyr

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Jun 25 2020

What I’m Watching: “The Luminaries”

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Jun 22 2020

Inside The Writing Life: Writing Novels, Posting Blogs

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Jun 18 2020

What I’m Reading: “The Voyages of Cinrak The Dapper” by AJ Fitzwater

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Jun 15 2020

About The Characters: Meet the Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Kair

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Jun 11 2020

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy Tropes #12: Tried, Trusty, & True — The Sidekick

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Jun 08 2020

On Supernatural Underground Now: Worldbuilding in Fantasy #5 — The Liveship Traders Series by Robin Hobb

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Jun 04 2020

My Side Of The River

Posted in Earthquake Reports, General by Helen Lowe

Jun 01 2020

Inside the Writing Life: “Naturally Self-Isolating” :-)

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May 28 2020

What I’m Watching: “The Letter For The King”

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May 25 2020

About The Characters: Meet the Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Jharin

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May 21 2020

What I’m Reading: “Daughters of Chivalry — The Forgotten Children of Edward 1” by Kelcey Wilson-Lee

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May 18 2020

Inside The Writing Life: About Those Muses Then

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May 14 2020

An Interview With AJ Fitzwater, Author of “The Voyages Of Cinrak The Dapper”

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May 11 2020

About The Characters: Meet the Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Jarna

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May 07 2020

On Supernatural Underground: Worldbuilding In Fantasy #4 — “Palimpsest” by Catherynne M Valente (Plus A SU Giveaway)

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May 04 2020

Inside The Writing Life: A Little About The Writing Itself

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May 01 2020

What’s Coming Up

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Apr 29 2020

What I’m Watching: “Noughts & Crosses”

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Apr 27 2020

About The Characters: Meet the Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Jaras

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Apr 23 2020

Reflections On Writing the Long Form & WALL#4 Progress…

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Apr 20 2020

Just Arrived: “Underland” by Robert Macfarlane

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Apr 16 2020

Bubble Fare (aka Autumn Fare)

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Apr 13 2020

About The Characters: Meet the Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Jan Butterworth

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Apr 09 2020

Writing In A Time of Corona Virus: NZ Lockdown Week 2

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Apr 06 2020

On Supernatural Underground Now: Worldbuilding In Fantasy #3 — Seanan McGuire’s Ghost Roads

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Apr 02 2020

What I’m Reading: “Network Effect” (The Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells

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Mar 30 2020

About The Characters Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Jad

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Mar 26 2020

Writing In A Time of Corona Virus (Updated)

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Mar 23 2020

Sunrise In The Southern Hemisphere

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Mar 19 2020

What I’m Reading: “Carved From Stone And Dream” (Los Nefilim #2) by Teresa Frohock

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Mar 16 2020

About The Characters Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Isperia Katran

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Mar 12 2020

What I’m Reading: More “Books, Books, Books” Goodness

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Mar 09 2020

A Traveller’s Guide To Haarth #3: Interplane & Cross-Void Travel Agency, Agent-At-Large

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Mar 05 2020

On Supernatural Underground Now: “Spellbinding”— I Celebrate Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea

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Mar 02 2020

About The Characters Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Isolt

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Feb 27 2020

What I’m Reading: “Bridge Of Clay” by Markus Zusak

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Feb 24 2020

A Traveller’s Guide To Haarth #2: Twelve-Sided Room — Warning! Misplaced Archive!

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Feb 20 2020

A Little Alchemy…

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Feb 17 2020

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Ise

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Feb 13 2020

A Traveller’s Guide To Haarth: Places To Lay Your Head #1 — The Tower of the Rose

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Feb 06 2020

On Supernatural Underground Now: “Surprised By Delight” — I Kick Off My Year of Celebrating Worldbuilding in Fantasy

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Feb 03 2020

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Innor (Updated)

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Jan 30 2020

Coming Soon for Travelers to Haarth: Places To Rest Your Head

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Jan 23 2020

A Snippet of Summer

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Jan 20 2020

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Ilkerineth

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Jan 16 2020

A Few Thoughts On Word Of Mouth…

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Jan 13 2020

A Few Pics From M’Holiday

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Jan 09 2020

Starting As We Mean To Go On

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Jan 06 2020

On Supernatural Underground Now: I Welcome 2020 & A Year of Celebrating Worldbuilding

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Jan 02 2020

The Most-Read “…On Anything, Really” Posts of 2019

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Dec 30 2019

A Geography Of Haarth: Winter Country (Updated)

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Dec 26 2019

Merry Christmas!

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Dec 25 2019

Best Wishes To All Of You!

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Dec 23 2019

About The Characters Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Ileyra

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Dec 19 2019

And It’s That Time…To Think About Books To Give & Read!

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Dec 16 2019

A Geography Of Haarth: Wild Lands

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Dec 12 2019

Just Arrived: Books, Books, Books!

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Dec 09 2019

Reprising M’Month of Daughter of Blood Fun!

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Dec 05 2019

On Supernatural Underground Now: I Wrap Up My Year of Romance in Fantasy

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Dec 02 2019

“Daughter Of Blood” (The Wall Of Night #3) Q&A Thursday — Fourth & Final Round!

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Nov 28 2019

The Month Of “Daughter Of Blood” — Something Readers Might Not Know

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Nov 25 2019

“Daughter of Blood”(The Wall Of Night #3) Q&A Thursday — Lucky Number Three. :)

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Nov 21 2019

The Month Of “Daughter Of Blood” Rocks On — Midpoint

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Nov 18 2019

“Daughter Of Blood” (The Wall Of Night #3) Q&A Thursday — The Second!

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Nov 14 2019

Why Celebrate “Daughter Of Blood”?

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Nov 11 2019

“Daughter of Blood” (The Wall Of Night #3) Q&A Thursday

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Nov 07 2019

It’s Not “The End” Yet – But I Can See It From Here: A WALL #4 Update

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Nov 04 2019

A Kindle Monthly Deal for “Daughter of Blood!” — & A Month Of Q&A Thursdays!

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Oct 31 2019

Something Worth Saying… And Trying.

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Oct 28 2019

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Ilai

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Oct 24 2019

“Watchtower” by Elizabeth A Lynn — aka The Unreliability of Book Lists

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Other Writers, Recommended Reading by Helen Lowe

Oct 21 2019

A Geography Of Haarth: Westwind Hold (Updated)

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Oct 17 2019

A Book List — Off the Top Of My Head!

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Oct 14 2019

Spring Is A Comin’ In…

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Oct 10 2019

What I’m Reading: “The Bastard Brigade” by Sam Kean

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Oct 07 2019

On Supernatural Underground Now: Year of Romance in Fantasy #8 — Teresa Frohock’s “Where Oblivion Lives” & Endless Love

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Oct 03 2019

Just Arrived: “Where Oblivion Lives” by Teresa Frohock

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Sep 30 2019

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” series — Meet Ilaise

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Sep 26 2019

Finding Adventure In Fantasy

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Sep 23 2019

A Geography Of Haarth: Ward Hold

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Sep 19 2019

A Writing Quote From Jay Kristoff

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Sep 16 2019

“The Poem That is Like A City” by Fiona Farrell — Commemorating September 4, 2010 & the Earthquake Years

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Sep 12 2019

A Farewell (Belated) To The Gemmell Awards, 2009 – 2018

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Sep 09 2019

“The Father Of Octopus Wrestling” by Frankie McMillan — Launched!

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Sep 05 2019

This Month On Supernatural Underground: Year of Romance in Fantasy #7 — A “Beauty & the Beast” Riff in Julian May’s Saga Of The Exiles

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Sep 02 2019

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” series — Meet Hylcarian

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Aug 29 2019

A New Book By Frankie McMillan: “The Father of Octopus Wrestling And Other Small Fictions”

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Aug 26 2019

A Geography Of Haarth: Wall Of Night (Updated)

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Aug 22 2019

A Little Hellebore Magic

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Aug 19 2019

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” series — Meet Hirn

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Aug 15 2019

What I’m Reading: “Book Of Colours” by Robyn Cadwallader

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Aug 12 2019

A Geography Of Haarth: Towers of Morning

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Aug 08 2019

This Month On Supernatural Underground: Year of Romance in Fantasy #6 — Friends and Lovers in Maggie Stiefvater’s “The Raven Boys”

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Aug 05 2019

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” series — Meet Hirluin Sondargent

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Aug 01 2019

What I’m Reading: “The Gossamer Mage” by Julie Czerneda

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Jul 29 2019

“The Gossamer Mage” by Julie Czerneda Coming Up Later Today

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Jul 29 2019

A Geography Of Haarth: The Leas (Updated)

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Jul 25 2019

Looking Forward To — Julie Czerneda & Tim Jones

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Jul 22 2019

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Herun

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Jul 18 2019

What I’m Reading: “Milkman” by Anna Burns

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Jul 15 2019

A Geography Of Haarth: Terebanth (Updated)

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Jul 11 2019

What I’m Reading: “My Mother And The Hungarians” by Frankie McMillan

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Jul 08 2019

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Hawk

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Jul 04 2019

New On Supernatural Underground Right Now: The Year of Romance Rocks On With Katherine Kerr’s “Daggerspell”

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Jul 01 2019

A Geography Of Haarth: Tenneward Lodge (Updated)

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Jun 27 2019

Thankfulness Week 24-30 June: What Are You Thankful For?

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Jun 24 2019

A Wee Shoutout for the Supernatural Underground…

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Jun 19 2019

So, About “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield, 1888 – 1923

Posted in Other Writers, Recommended Reading, Short Fiction by Helen Lowe

Jun 17 2019

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Hatha

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Jun 13 2019

What I’m Reading: “The Bloody Chamber” by Angela Carter

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Jun 10 2019

A Geography Of Haarth: Temple of Night (Updated)

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Jun 06 2019

On Supernatural Underground Now: Year Of Romance In Fantasy #4 — Guy Gavriel Kay’s “Under Heaven” & When Your Ship Doesn’t Sail!

Posted in Fun Stuff, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jun 03 2019

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In The Wall Of Night Series — Meet Heris

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May 30 2019

Them, Their: It’s! (Nods To E Nesbit.)

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May 27 2019

A Geography Of Haarth: Telimbras (Updated)

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May 23 2019

“Non Player” Characters In The Wall Of Night Series

Posted in About My Books, About The Characters, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

May 20 2019

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Guyon

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May 16 2019

What I’m Reading: “The Only Thing To Fear” – A Web Shifters Novella by Julie Czerneda

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May 13 2019

A Geography Of Haarth: Stoneford

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May 09 2019

“Gorgeous Words” Revisited

Posted in General, Other Writers, Recommended Reading by Helen Lowe

May 06 2019

On Supernatural Underground Now: Year Of Romance In Fantasy #3 — “The Riddle-Master Of Hed” Series

Posted in Fun Stuff, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

May 02 2019

A Present Of The Word “Present” – Including A Sneak Snippet From WALL#4

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Apr 29 2019

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Gray Taan

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Apr 25 2019

A Quote About The Importance Of The Arts, Including Literature

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Apr 22 2019

A Geography Of Haarth: Southern Realms (Updated)

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Apr 18 2019

Nice!

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Apr 15 2019

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Granian

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Apr 11 2019

A Writing Quote From Harper Lee

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Apr 08 2019

On Supernatural Underground Now: Year Of Romance in Fantasy Fiction #2 — “Daughter of Smoke & Bone”

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Apr 04 2019

“number eight wire” — The Fourth New Zealand Haiku Anthology

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Apr 01 2019

A Geography Of Haarth: Southern Deserts

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Mar 28 2019

From The Heart

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Mar 25 2019

A Dark Day

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Mar 18 2019

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Gol

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Mar 14 2019

Recalling “The Fellowship Of The Ring” Film

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Mar 11 2019

A Geography Of Haarth: Ships’ Shrine

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Mar 07 2019

On Supernatural Underground Now: I Kick Off The Year of Romance in Fantasy Fiction

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Mar 04 2019

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Girvase

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Feb 28 2019

My Worldbuilding: A Few Thoughts On Guiding Influences

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Feb 25 2019

A Geography Of Haarth: Ship’s Prow House

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Feb 21 2019

On Worldbuilding

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Feb 18 2019

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Gille

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Feb 14 2019

What I’m Reading: “Search Image” (Web Shifter’s Library #1) by Julie Czerneda

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Feb 11 2019

A Geography Of Haarth: Sea Keep (Updated)

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Feb 07 2019

On Supernatural Underground Now: A Theme For 2019 — The Year Of Romance In Fantasy Fiction

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Feb 04 2019

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Ghiselaine

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Jan 31 2019

Supernatural Underground 2019: Your Thoughts Welcomed

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Jan 28 2019

A Nor’West Season

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 24 2019

A Summery Writing Spot

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jan 21 2019

On Supernatural Underground Now: Kim Falconer Posts Her “Can’t Wait To Read” List

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Jan 17 2019

A Hebe Wall :)

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Jan 14 2019

Holiday Fun

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Jan 10 2019

A Haiku for the New Year: “January” by Janine Sowerby

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Jan 07 2019

On The Supernatural Underground Now: Getting Chillax For The New Year

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Jan 03 2019

The Most-Read “…On Anything Really” Posts of 2018

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Dec 31 2018

A Poem for the Holiday: “We Children” by Janine Sowerby

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 27 2018

Festival Of Light

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Dec 24 2018

To The Wilderness I Wander

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 20 2018

Christmas Is Coming

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Dec 17 2018

Wild South

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Dec 13 2018

On the Supernatural Underground This Month: The Colour Blue & All of You – Plus An Account of Mrs Crewe

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Dec 10 2018

A Geography of Haarth: Sailcloth Street

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Dec 06 2018

Meetings With Remarkable Trees: Peel Forest

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Dec 03 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Gervon

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Nov 29 2018

They’re All Fictional: A Shout-Out For Rebecca Fisher

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher, Friends, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Nov 26 2018

A Geography Of Haarth: River (Updated)

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Nov 22 2018

Inside Middle Earth: Driving To Edoras

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 19 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Garan (Updated)

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Nov 15 2018

The Quest For The Orange Cake Grail Continues

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Nov 12 2018

A Geography of Haarth: Rindle (Updated)

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Nov 08 2018

Remember, Remember, the 5th Of November…

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Nov 05 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Fray

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Nov 01 2018

What I’m Reading: “Sparrow Hill Road” by Seanan McGuire

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Oct 29 2018

A Geography of Haarth: Red Keep

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Oct 25 2018

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy Tropes #11: The Mentor

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Oct 22 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Falath

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Oct 18 2018

OK, OK, I Give In — You “Shall” Have More Fun With Epic Fantasy Tropes

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Oct 15 2018

A Geography of Haarth: Port Farewell

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Oct 11 2018

What I’m Reading: “All Systems Red” by Martha Wells

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Oct 08 2018

On Supernatural Underground Now: Halloween Is Coming!

Posted in Fun Stuff, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Oct 04 2018

Resuming A Long Abandoned Quest for the Orange Cake Grail

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Oct 01 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Erron

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Sep 27 2018

Just Reminiscing: A Little Cover Magic

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Sep 24 2018

A Geography of Haarth: Old Keep

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Sep 20 2018

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy Tropes: Wrapping Up Entries #1 – #10

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Sep 17 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Eria

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Sep 13 2018

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy Tropes #10: The Alchemy Of Numbers

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Sep 10 2018

A Geography of Haarth: Old Empire

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Sep 06 2018

On Supernatural Underground Now: Fantastic Creatures & Animal Companions — Don’t Ya Love ‘Em!

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Sep 03 2018

About The Characters — Meet Emuun

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Aug 30 2018

About That Book Then: Time For A WALL#4 Update

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Aug 27 2018

A Geography of Haarth: Oath Hold

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Aug 23 2018

Just Arrived: “The Crazed Wind — A Novella-in-Flash” by Nod Ghosh

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Aug 20 2018

About The Characters — Meet Emeriath

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Aug 16 2018

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy Tropes #9: Artefacts of Power—And Doom—And Where To Find Them

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Aug 13 2018

A Geography of Haarth: Northern March

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Aug 09 2018

Silhouettes on the River

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Aug 06 2018

New Up On Supernatural Underground: I Rediscover Harry Potter Via Audio Book

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Aug 02 2018

Inside Middle Earth: Snapshots

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Jul 30 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Elodin

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Jul 26 2018

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy Tropes #8: We’re All Going On A MacGuffin Hunt

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Jul 23 2018

A Geography of Haarth: Normarch (Updated)

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Jul 19 2018

What I’ve Been Reading: Seven Short Reviews

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Jul 16 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Elite Cairon

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Jul 12 2018

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy Tropes #7: “Fortunately There Was A Portal.”

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Jul 09 2018

A Geography of Haarth: New Keep (Updated)

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Jul 05 2018

Artefacts of the Writing Life #7: Laptop

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Jul 02 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Eanar

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Jun 28 2018

A Midwinter Feast

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Jun 25 2018

A Geography of Haarth: Marlinspike

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Jun 21 2018

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy Tropes #6: The Sweep Of Time & Its Twin, War Without End

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Jun 18 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Duar

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Jun 14 2018

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy Tropes #5: Meet “The Big Bad”

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Jun 11 2018

A Geography of Haarth: (The) Long Pass

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Jun 07 2018

Here’s A Few Photos For You :-)

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jun 04 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Darrar

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

May 31 2018

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy Tropes #4: Apocalypse Now…

Posted in Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

May 28 2018

A Geography of Haarth: (The) Little Pass

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

May 24 2018

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy Tropes: #3 — Dreams and Portents, Prophecy and Destiny

Posted in Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

May 21 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Darin

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May 17 2018

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy Tropes: #2 — A Prince/Princess Finds A Destiny

Posted in Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

May 14 2018

A Geography of Haarth: Lion Throne (Updated)

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

May 10 2018

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy Tropes: A Farm Boy/Gal Goes On A Journey…

Posted in Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

May 07 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Dalay

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

May 03 2018

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy — Meet The “Tropes”

Posted in Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Apr 30 2018

The Wall Of Night Series Map

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Apr 28 2018

A Geography of Haarth: Lathayra (Updated)

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Apr 26 2018

When Nice Things Happen For A Book I’ve Loved Reading

Posted in Awards, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Apr 23 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Dain

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Apr 19 2018

Artefacts Of The Writing Life #6: Desk and Chair

Posted in About Writing by Helen Lowe

Apr 16 2018

A Geography Of Haarth: The Keep Of Winds (Updated)

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Apr 12 2018

Nice: Some Shout-Outs for “The Wall Of Night” Series

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Apr 09 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Dame Nelys

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Apr 05 2018

What I’m Reading: A Wizard Of Earthsea Revisited

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Apr 02 2018

A Geography Of Haarth: Keep Of Stone (Updated)

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Mar 29 2018

A Quote From Isak Dinesen

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Mar 26 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Dab

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Mar 22 2018

What I’m Reading: “Anansi Boys” by Neil Gaiman

Posted in Fun Stuff, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Mar 19 2018

A Geography Of Haarth: Jhaine (Updated)

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Mar 15 2018

Poem: “Pied Beauty” by Gerard Manley Hopkins, 1844 – 1889

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 12 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Corlin

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Mar 08 2018

Fab Spaceships Of SFF

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Space Stuff by Helen Lowe

Mar 05 2018

A Geography Of Haarth: Jaransor (Updated)

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Mar 01 2018

A Writing Quote From Ben Okri

Posted in About Writing, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Feb 26 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Col

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Feb 22 2018

Out Of Middle Earth (AKA Living In New Zealand)

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Feb 19 2018

A Geography Of Haarth: Ishnapur (Updated)

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Feb 15 2018

Artefacts Of The Writing Life #5: Coffeemaker!

Posted in About Writing by Helen Lowe

Feb 12 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Caril Sondargent

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Feb 08 2018

What I’m Reading: Something Blue

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Feb 05 2018

A Geography Of Haarth: Impassable Range

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Feb 01 2018

Ursula K. Le Guin, 1929 – 2018

Posted in General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jan 29 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Brania

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Jan 25 2018

Artefacts Of The Writing Life #4: The Style Guide

Posted in About Writing by Helen Lowe

Jan 22 2018

A Geography Of Haarth: Ijir (Updated)

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Jan 18 2018

What I’m Reading: Something Borrowed…

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jan 15 2018

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Boras

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Jan 11 2018

Artefacts of the Writing Life #3: The Notebook

Posted in About Writing by Helen Lowe

Jan 08 2018

A Geography Of Haarth: Ij (Updated)

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Jan 04 2018

Looking Back, Looking Forward; Farewell 2017, Welcome 2018

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jan 01 2018

The Most-Read “…On Anything Really” Posts of 2017

Posted in Best of '... on Anything, Really', Most-Read Posts by Helen Lowe

Dec 28 2017

Happy Boxing Day!

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Dec 26 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Baz

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Dec 21 2017

What I’m Reading: Something New

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Dec 18 2017

A Geography Of Haarth: Hills Of The Hawk (Updated)

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Dec 14 2017

What I’m Reading: Something Old

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Dec 11 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Ser Bartrand Ar-Griffon

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Dec 07 2017

Artefacts Of The Writing Life #2: Dictionary & Thesaurus

Posted in About Writing by Helen Lowe

Dec 04 2017

A Geography Of Haarth: Hedeld

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Nov 30 2017

When “Minor” Doesn’t Really Do The Character Justice

Posted in About My Books, About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Nov 27 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Baris

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Nov 23 2017

Artefacts of the Writing Life #1: Pen and Paper

Posted in About Writing by Helen Lowe

Nov 20 2017

A Geography Of Haarth: Haarth (Updated)

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Nov 16 2017

“Firsts”: A Supernatural Underground Round Up!

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Nov 13 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Banath

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Nov 09 2017

So You Want To Read Steampunk? Try This List

Posted in Recommended Reading by Helen Lowe

Nov 06 2017

A Geography Of Haarth: Gray Lands (Updated)

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Nov 02 2017

Should Authors Have a Persona?

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 30 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Bajan

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Oct 26 2017

Authors Who Kicked Off A (Sub)-Genre

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 23 2017

A Geography Of Haarth: Grayharbor (Updated)

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Oct 19 2017

Why Georgette Heyer Kicks Butt & Takes Names As A Writer

Posted in Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 16 2017

Celebrating the New Shiny…

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 14 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Audin Sondargent

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Oct 12 2017

Julie Czerneda #AgainstTheDark Giveaway (#1): We Have A Result!

Posted in Giveaways, Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 09 2017

A Geography of Haarth: Gate of Winds (Updated)

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Oct 05 2017

Behind the Scenes of the “Clan Chronicles”, Take 2: The Process — A Guest Post By Julie Czerneda, with Giveaways!

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 02 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Asha

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Sep 28 2017

Coming Up: A Guest Post From Julie Czerneda — Plus Giveways!

Posted in Giveaways, Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Sep 25 2017

A Geography Of Haarth: Gate Of Dreams (Updated)

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Sep 21 2017

So Can A Book Be Dark & Still Add To The Positives?

Posted in About Writing, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Sep 18 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Aralth

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Sep 14 2017

Get It While It’s Smokin’ Hot: “The Heir Of Night is a Kindle Monthly Deal for September!

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Sep 11 2017

A Geography of Haarth: Forward Hold

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Sep 07 2017

On Supernatural Now: “In Appreciation: Building on the Past & Helen Lowe’s The Wall of Night Series” — A Guest Post By Paul Weimer

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Guest Blog Posts, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Sep 04 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Anvin

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Aug 31 2017

Georgette Heyer & A Favourite “Putting Good into the World” Anecdote

Posted in About Writing, Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Aug 28 2017

A Geography of Haarth: Emer (Updated)

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Aug 24 2017

Forthcoming: A Guest Post From Paul Weimer on Building On The Past, Fourth Era Epic Fantasy — & “The Wall Of Night” Series

Posted in About My Books, Guest Blog Posts, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Aug 21 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Andron

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Aug 17 2017

Why I Write, Reprised

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., About Writing by Helen Lowe

Aug 14 2017

A Geography of Haarth: Dread Pass

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Aug 10 2017

What I’m Reading: “The Haunting” by Margaret Mahy

Posted in Recommended Reading, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Aug 07 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Amarn

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Aug 03 2017

Rereading Rosemary Sutcliff: A Shoutout for “Frontier Wolf”

Posted in Other Writers, Recommended Reading, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jul 31 2017

A Geography of Haarth: Court of the Rose

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Jul 27 2017

Late to the Show, But — Saw “Moana”, Loved It!

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jul 24 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Aiv

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Jul 20 2017

Just Arrived: “The Haunting” by Margaret Mahy

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jul 17 2017

A Geography of Haarth: Cloud Hold (Updated)

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Jul 13 2017

Fun With Writing Friends: So Nice To Have Time With Courtney Schafer

Posted in Friends, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 10 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Aithe

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Jul 06 2017

Around the Traps: From Black Gate to Supernatural Underground

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jul 03 2017

A Geography of Haarth: Citadel of Stars

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Jun 29 2017

I So-o ‘Heart” These Words From Dorothy Parker

Posted in About Writing, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jun 26 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Aeln

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Jun 22 2017

Classic Reads: “The Red Badge of Courage” by Stephen Crane

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jun 19 2017

A Geography of Haarth: Cendreward

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Jun 15 2017

A Farewell To John McIntyre: NZ Champion of Kid’s Lit

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jun 12 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Aarion

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Jun 08 2017

Writing Influences

Posted in About Writing, General by Helen Lowe

Jun 05 2017

A Geography Of Haarth: Caer Argent (Updated)

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Jun 01 2017

“Now We Are 7”

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

May 31 2017

Why I Write

Posted in About Writing, General by Helen Lowe

May 29 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — “Vern”

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

May 25 2017

Why I Read: Happy 200th Anniversary HarperCollins

Posted in About Writing, General, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

May 22 2017

A Geography Of Haarth: Bronze Hold

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

May 18 2017

A Shoutout for #WhyIRead

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

May 15 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — “Var”

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

May 11 2017

More Thoughts On Margaret Mahy’s “The Changeover” — A Tale of “Layers”

Posted in Recommended Reading, Supernatural Underground, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

May 08 2017

A Geography Of Haarth: Brave Hold

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

May 04 2017

“Small Things Lead To Wonderful Ideas” — A Guest Post from Tarran Jones

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Short Fiction by Helen Lowe

May 01 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — “Tisanthe”

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Apr 27 2017

Classic Reads: “Precious Bane” by Mary Webb

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Apr 24 2017

A Geography of Haarth: Blood Gate

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Apr 20 2017

“The Secret Lives of Flashers” — A Guest Post from Nod Ghosh

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts, Short Fiction by Helen Lowe

Apr 17 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — “Teron”

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Apr 13 2017

Fun Stuff Coming Up!

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Apr 10 2017

A Geography Of Haarth: Awl Lane

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Apr 06 2017

Lessons Learned From The Process of Writing and Plotting A Series

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Apr 03 2017

Inside Middle Earth: Braided River

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Apr 01 2017

Last Chance To Vote! Will the Lady Mouse’s Tale Win Through?

Posted in About My Books, Awards by Helen Lowe

Mar 31 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Terithis

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Mar 30 2017

On Supernatural Underground Now: Meet “Daughter Of Blood” Characters

Posted in About My Books, About The Characters, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Mar 29 2017

What Is the Hardest Part About Writing A Quartet?

Posted in About My Books, About Writing by Helen Lowe

Mar 27 2017

A Geography Of Haarth: Aralorn (Updated)

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Mar 23 2017

Introducing “The Wall of Night” Series To Potential Readers

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Mar 20 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Ter

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Mar 16 2017

About The Gemmell Awards — A Little More Info

Posted in About My Books, Awards by Helen Lowe

Mar 13 2017

A Geography Of Haarth: Ar (Updated)

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Mar 09 2017

Why Write?

Posted in About Writing by Helen Lowe

Mar 06 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Soril

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Mar 02 2017

Cover Reveal & Giveaway — “A Star To Steer Her By” by Beth Anne Miller

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, Giveaways, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Mar 01 2017

10 Books That Have Rocked My Reading World

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Feb 27 2017

A Geography of Haarth: The Anchor

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Feb 23 2017

The Gemmell Legend Award Longlist Is Out — & “Daughter Of Blood” Is On It

Posted in About My Books, Awards by Helen Lowe

Feb 20 2017

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Sister Korriya

Posted in About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Feb 16 2017

Writing Hard, But In The Meantime…

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Feb 13 2017

A Geography Of Haarth: Aeris (Updated)

Posted in A Geography of Haarth by Helen Lowe

Feb 09 2017

Some Favourite NZ Places for Waitangi Day

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Feb 06 2017

The Return of “A Geography of Haarth” & “Meet The Minor Players”

Posted in A Geography of Haarth, About My Books, About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Feb 02 2017

It’s Mind Meld Time Again — This Time on B&N’s Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Jan 30 2017

The Anniversary of “Daughter of Blood”

Posted in About My Books, Book Launches, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jan 26 2017

Knowing What Lies Ahead: Charting A Story’s Course

Posted in About My Books, About Writing by Helen Lowe

Jan 23 2017

All About Relationship: Spinning the Web of Story

Posted in About My Books, About Writing by Helen Lowe

Jan 19 2017

What I Read Over the Holidays

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jan 16 2017

What Makes A Hero?

Posted in Epic Fantasy, General by Helen Lowe

Jan 12 2017

2017: Ringing In Some Changes for the Year of the Book

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ..., General by Helen Lowe

Jan 09 2017

Picking the Perfect Names for My Characters

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Jan 07 2017

Homegrown: 5 Fun Ways NZ Features In “The Wall of Night” Series

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jan 05 2017

It’s Summer time…

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jan 03 2017

Happy New Year, Here & On the Supernatural Underground — & Some Good News for “Daughter of Blood”

Posted in About My Books, General, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jan 01 2017

The Most-Read “…on Anything, Really” Posts of 2016

Posted in Best of '... on Anything, Really', Most-Read Posts by Helen Lowe

Dec 31 2016

An Avid Viewer Special: Rebecca Fisher’s Five Most-Anticipated Films of 2017

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher, General, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Dec 30 2016

An Avid Reader Special: Karen McMillan’s Most-Anticipated Books of 2017

Posted in General, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Dec 29 2016

An Avid Reader Special: Paul Weimer’s Five Most-Anticipated Books of 2017

Posted in General, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Dec 28 2016

Tuesday Poetry: “The Curve of the World”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 27 2016

Boxing Day Reflections — Plus Happening This Week

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Dec 26 2016

A Very Happy Christmas To You, One & All

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Dec 25 2016

Words of Wisdom from Jack London

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Dec 23 2016

An Avid Viewer Special: Rebecca Fisher’s Top 5 Shows of 2016

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Dec 22 2016

New Review for “The Heir of Night”

Posted in About My Books, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Dec 21 2016

Tuesday Poetry: Christmastide

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 20 2016

We’re In the Final Countdown — But Things Are Still Happening!

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Dec 19 2016

One Day Out Writing—aka A Favourite Cliche

Posted in About Writing, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Dec 16 2016

An Avid Reader Special: Karen McMillan’s Top 5 Reads Of 2016

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Recommended Reading by Helen Lowe

Dec 15 2016

What I’m Reading: “Commonwealth” by Ann Patchett

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Dec 14 2016

Tuesday Poetry: “from the hill”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 13 2016

More For This Week

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Dec 12 2016

Listicle Love aka “Something Old & Something New…”

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Dec 09 2016

An Avid Reader Special: Paul Weimer’s Top 5 Reads of 2016

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Recommended Reading by Helen Lowe

Dec 08 2016

What I’m Reading: “Zero World” by Jason M. Hough

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Dec 07 2016

Tuesday Poetry: “Ti”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 06 2016

Tis The Season — for Lists, Roundups, & All That Jazz

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Dec 05 2016

Guest Post: Deborah Sheldon on Worldbuilding for “Devil Dragon”

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Dec 02 2016

Just Arrived: “The Bear And The Nightingale” by Katherine Arden

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Dec 01 2016

Poetry: “Driftwood”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 30 2016

Support #Giving Tuesday — & Christchurch’s Heritage Tree Campaign

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Nov 29 2016

Happening This Week: A Guest Post By Deborah Sheldon

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Nov 28 2016

Thinking About Thanksgiving

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 25 2016

The Ockham NZ Book Awards’ Longlist Is Out!

Posted in Awards, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Nov 24 2016

What I’m Reading: “The Outcast” by Sadie Jones

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Nov 23 2016

Tuesday Poetry: A Haiku “Beachcombing”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 22 2016

Saw the Movie “Arrival”…

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Nov 21 2016

What I’m Reading: “The Three Body Problem” by Cixin Liu

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Nov 18 2016

An Interesting Observation From Reading “Magpie Murders”

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Nov 17 2016

What I’m Reading: “Magpie Murders” by Anthony Horowitz

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Nov 16 2016

Tuesday Poetry: “the rough sea” — a Haiku by Matsuo Bashō

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 15 2016

Canterbury Earthquake Update

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Nov 14 2016

Buckle Up for A Week (or Two!) Of Book Reports!

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Nov 14 2016

Nice! Feedback from a Writing Friend on “Daughter Of Blood”

Posted in About My Books, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Nov 11 2016

All About the Characters

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Nov 10 2016

When Worlds Become Characters

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Nov 09 2016

Tuesday Poetry: “The Woman Who Swims with the Jellyfish” by Janis Freegard

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 08 2016

Just Arrived: “Commonwealth” by Ann Patchett — With A Riff To “Bel Canto”, Inverse Correlations & Pascal

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Nov 07 2016

Six + Years: Six Posts You Seem To Have Liked A Lot

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 04 2016

Blogging for Over Six Years — Who Would’ve Thought?

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., General by Helen Lowe

Nov 03 2016

Congratulations to Anna Smaill on Winning the World Fantasy Award 2016

Posted in Awards, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Nov 02 2016

Tuesday Poetry: Two Short Poems by Bernadette Hall

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 01 2016

Haere Ra, Christchurch Children’s Bookshop

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Oct 31 2016

What I’m Reading: “The year of falling” by Janis Freegard

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Oct 28 2016

New Favourite Book Quote Everz — & It’s From Anthony Trollope

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 27 2016

Mothers as Main Characters In SFF — How Do I Count Them?

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 26 2016

Tuesday Poetry: The Seafarer (Excerpt from the Anglo-Saxon Poem)

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 25 2016

Why Word Counts Are (IMHO) Bollix

Posted in About Writing by Helen Lowe

Oct 24 2016

About Jessica in “Dune” — & Why She’s Still Kickass After 50 Years

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 21 2016

The 50th Anniversary of “Dune” & Why It’s Still Significant

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 20 2016

Twelve Great Leaders Of SFF, Part 2

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Oct 19 2016

Tuesday Poetry: “The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner” (Excerpt) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 18 2016

Twelve Great Leaders of SFF: Part 1

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Oct 17 2016

Artifacts Of Power in “The Wall Of Night” Series

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Oct 14 2016

“Elves” & Soul-Sucking Swords In “The Wall Of Night” Series

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Oct 13 2016

New Books! New Books!

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Oct 12 2016

Tuesday Poetry: “We are more than half water” by Helen Rickerby

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 11 2016

Having Fun with Epic Fantasy: From “Elves” with Soul-Sucking Swords to Artifacts of Power

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Oct 10 2016

Guest Post: Of Sirens — & A “Queens & Courtesans” Anthology

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Oct 07 2016

“Queens & Courtesans” Guest Post Deferred Until Tomorrow, But… (There Is More)

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 06 2016

Just Arrived: “The Year Of Falling” by Janis Freegard

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Oct 05 2016

Tuesday Poetry: “Breathing You In” by David Gregory

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 04 2016

What’s Happening — Supernatural Underground, “Queens & Courtesans”, & More

Posted in General, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Oct 03 2016

It’s Spring!

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 02 2016

It’s International Coffee Day!

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 01 2016

Sharing The Love

Posted in General, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Sep 30 2016

Listening Revisited

Posted in About Writing, Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Sep 28 2016

Tuesday Poetry: Dover Beach (Excerpt) by Matthew Arnold, 1822 – 1888

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Sep 27 2016

Some Iconic “Inside Middle Earth” Fun for Monday

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Sep 26 2016

Those Continuity & Consistency Blues

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., About Writing by Helen Lowe

Sep 23 2016

“Building Fantastic Worlds” Followup, 2: More Fabulous NZ Fantasy Literature

Posted in Events, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Sep 22 2016

Building Fantastic Worlds Follow Up: They’re Reading Our Books Everywhere

Posted in Events, Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Sep 21 2016

The Canterbury Poets’ Spring Season Is Nigh

Posted in Events, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Sep 20 2016

The Inaugural National Writers’ Forum Was Awesome

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., Events, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Sep 19 2016

The Inaugural National Writers Forum — Happening Now!

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Sep 16 2016

Listening

Posted in About Writing, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Sep 15 2016

Having Fun with Epic Fantasy: The Band of Brothers

Posted in Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Sep 14 2016

“Between Birdsong and Nothing” by Nod Ghosh — A Tuesday Feature

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Sep 13 2016

Preparing A Masterclass On Building Fantastic Worlds

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., About Writing, Events by Helen Lowe

Sep 12 2016

“The Wall Of Night” Character Series: Andrew Robins Features Rowan Birchmoon

Posted in About My Books, About The Characters, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Sep 09 2016

A Fun Thing I Saw On Twitter

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Sep 08 2016

The Inaugural National Writers’ Forum, 16 – 18 September: “Building Fantastic Worlds”

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Sep 07 2016

“The Sea” by Tim Jones — A Tuesday Feature

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Sep 06 2016

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy: My Love Affair with Long Names, Part 2

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Sep 05 2016

“The Wall Of Night” Character Series: June Young Features A Band of Brothers — & Shares A Wishlist

Posted in About My Books, About The Characters, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Sep 02 2016

Having Fun With Epic Fantasy: My Love Affair with Long Names, Part 1

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

Sep 01 2016

“Making It Overseas” — Another WORD Christchurch Event

Posted in Events, Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Aug 31 2016

“Doris’s petticoat” by James Norcliffe — A Tuesday Feature

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Aug 30 2016

WORDChristchurch Fun

Posted in Events, Friends, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Aug 29 2016

“The Wall Of Night” Character Series: Paul Weimer Features Myr — aka Lady Mouse

Posted in About My Books, About The Characters, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Aug 26 2016

What I’m Reading: “Parable Of The Sower” by Octavia Butler

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Aug 25 2016

Roll Up, Roll Up, This Friday…

Posted in About My Books, Events by Helen Lowe

Aug 24 2016

“My Mother And The Hungarians” by Frankie McMillan — A Tuesday Feature

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry, Short Fiction by Helen Lowe

Aug 23 2016

Use of Names: Character & Identity — When Names Have Deeper Meanings

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Aug 22 2016

An Apology To “…on Anything Really” Readers

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Aug 20 2016

What’s Coming Up: WORDChristchurch & More

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., Fun Stuff, General, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Aug 17 2016

Use Of Names: Worldbuilding, Part 2

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Aug 15 2016

“The Wall of Night” Character Series: Kristen Blount Features Raven

Posted in About My Books, About The Characters, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Aug 12 2016

Use Of Names, Part 1: Worldbuilding

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Aug 10 2016

Mystery Galore — & Now: The Mystery Unwrapped!

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Aug 08 2016

So You Don’t Believe In Magic…

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Aug 05 2016

Poetry: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by TS Eliot

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Aug 03 2016

Trees in Fantasy Fiction

Posted in Epic Fantasy, General by Helen Lowe

Aug 01 2016

Meetings with Marvelous Trees

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jul 31 2016

A Quote for Saturday, from Black Elk

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jul 30 2016

Happening Soon: the Inaugural National Writers’ Forum, 17-18 September

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., Events by Helen Lowe

Jul 28 2016

Happening Soon: I’m In The WORD Christchurch Festival, 24-28 August

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., Events by Helen Lowe

Jul 27 2016

Tuesday & Poetry: An Excerpt from “The Wasteland” by TS Eliot

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 26 2016

“The Blood In The Beginning” Giveaway — We Have A Winner

Posted in Giveaways by Helen Lowe

Jul 24 2016

The Giveaway for “The Blood In The Beginning” by Kim Falconer Is Still Open

Posted in Giveaways by Helen Lowe

Jul 23 2016

Guest Post: Kim Falconer on “Narrative Point Of View” Plus A Giveaway!

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 21 2016

Big Worlds On Small Screens & “Fantasy Films From the Eighties That Weren’t That Bad” — Yes, Our Grand Finale’s “Ghostbusters”!

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher by Helen Lowe

Jul 20 2016

Tuesday Poetry: “There’s a certain Slant of light” (258) by Emily Dickinson

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 19 2016

Happening This Week: A Guest Post From Kim Falconer!

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 18 2016

Meeting A Remarkable Tree

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jul 17 2016

Mystery Galore: aka Everyone’s A Winner…& That’s No Lie!

Posted in Giveaways by Helen Lowe

Jul 16 2016

Two Famous Quotes — Plus A Poem

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 15 2016

The Giveaway for 1 of 2 x “Children Of Earth & Sky” is Redrawn

Posted in Giveaways by Helen Lowe

Jul 14 2016

Just Arrived: “The Raven King” by Maggie Stiefvater

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Jul 13 2016

Big Worlds On Small Screens — Postponed

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher by Helen Lowe

Jul 13 2016

Tuesday Poetry: Haiku “Winter solitude” by Bashō

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 12 2016

The Influence of Trees on Landscape in “The Wall Of Night” Series

Posted in About My Books, General by Helen Lowe

Jul 11 2016

Midwinter Photo Fun

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jul 10 2016

“Children of Earth and Sky” Giveaway — We Have A Result

Posted in Giveaways, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really' by Helen Lowe

Jul 09 2016

“Children Of Earth & Sky” Giveaway — Last Call

Posted in Giveaways, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really' by Helen Lowe

Jul 08 2016

#thebloodinthebeginning – Check Out The Goodness!

Posted in Events, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 07 2016

A Twitter Interview With Kim Falconer — Very Soon Now!

Posted in Events, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 06 2016

The Week of the Interview: A Twitter Q&A with Kim Falconer Tomorrow!

Posted in Events, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 05 2016

Tuesday & Poetry: Haiku — “winter sun”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 05 2016

An Interview with Guy Gavriel Kay — & Giveaway of “Children Of Earth & Sky”!

Posted in Giveaways, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really' by Helen Lowe

Jul 04 2016

A Week of Interviews: Guy Gavriel Kay & Kim Falconer!

Posted in Events, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 03 2016

The Influence of Trees on Landscape in “Daughter Of Blood”

Posted in About My Books, General by Helen Lowe

Jul 01 2016

Coming Up: A Twitter Interview with Kim Falconer!

Posted in Events, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jun 30 2016

Big Worlds On Small Screens & “Fantasy Films From the Eighties That Weren’t That Bad” — Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Gremlins”

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher by Helen Lowe

Jun 29 2016

Tuesday Poetry: “To what shall I liken the world?” by Dōgen

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jun 28 2016

Coming Up: An Interview with Guy Gavriel Kay — Plus A Giveaway

Posted in Events, Giveaways, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really' by Helen Lowe

Jun 27 2016

The Influence of Trees on Landscape in “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in About My Books, General by Helen Lowe

Jun 26 2016

Just Arrived: “The Blood In The Beginning” by Kim Falconer

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Jun 25 2016

National Flash Fiction Day & ‘Flash In The Pan’ Fun!

Posted in Events, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jun 24 2016

The #TheWallOfNight Question I Missed

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jun 23 2016

It’s National Flash Fiction Day — & I’m Reading :)

Posted in Events, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jun 22 2016

The #TheWallOfNight Q&A on Twitter, Part 2

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jun 21 2016

The #WallOfNight Q&A on Twitter

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jun 20 2016

The Influence of Trees on Landscape — In My Books!

Posted in About My Books, General by Helen Lowe

Jun 19 2016

“The Wall Of Night” Q&A Is Nigh

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ..., Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jun 18 2016

“He was my friend…”

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jun 17 2016

Sometimes, when you’re writing…

Posted in About My Books, About Writing by Helen Lowe

Jun 16 2016

Big Worlds On Small Screens & “Fantasy Films From the Eighties That Weren’t That Bad” — Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Highlander”

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher by Helen Lowe

Jun 15 2016

Events Coming Up: a Haarth Q&A, plus National Flash Fiction Day

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., Events by Helen Lowe

Jun 14 2016

Having Fun with Epic Fantasy: Making the Grand Tour

Posted in Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Jun 13 2016

More on Trees — In My Books!

Posted in About My Books, General by Helen Lowe

Jun 12 2016

“Vivid” Sydney & the Opera House

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jun 11 2016

Sandstone Sydney

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jun 10 2016

Fun With Fellow SFF Folks in Sydney

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., Friends, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jun 09 2016

Big Worlds On Small Screens — Rebecca Fisher on Continuities and Universes

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher by Helen Lowe

Jun 08 2016

Tuesday Poetry: “South of My Days” (Excerpt) by Judith Wright

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jun 07 2016

The Wall of Night FB Group — Fun To Come

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jun 06 2016

Arbor Day — I Speak for the Trees

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jun 05 2016

Make that Two — “Daughter of Blood” Gets Another Review

Posted in About My Books, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Jun 04 2016

A New Review for “Daughter Of Blood”

Posted in About My Books, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Jun 03 2016

Supernatural Underground — I Count The Goodness

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jun 02 2016

Big Worlds On Small Screens & “Fantasy Films From the Eighties That Weren’t That Bad” — Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Time Bandits”

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher by Helen Lowe

Jun 01 2016

Tuesday Poetry: A Haiku by Yosa Buson

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

May 31 2016

What I’m Reading: the “Los Nefilim” Trilogy by Teresa Frohock

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

May 30 2016

“There are people in every time…”

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

May 29 2016

Inside Middle Earth: More Pics from the Holiday

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

May 28 2016

Writing the Hidden Story

Posted in About My Books, About Writing by Helen Lowe

May 27 2016

The Hidden Story …

Posted in About My Books, About Writing by Helen Lowe

May 26 2016

A Podcast Interview with Mighty Mur Lafferty—Plus Moar!

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., My Interviews by Helen Lowe

May 25 2016

Tuesday Poetry: A Haiku by Bashō

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

May 24 2016

Looking at the Stars: Why Epic Fantasy Keeps “Speaking” To Us

Posted in Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

May 23 2016

“The Wall of Night” FB Group

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

May 22 2016

More Pics from Inside Middle Earth

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

May 21 2016

Hazards of the Writing Life

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

May 20 2016

My Reflections on “Excalibur”

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

May 19 2016

Reprised: Big Worlds On Small Screens & “Fantasy Films From the Eighties That Weren’t That Bad” — Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Excalibur”

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher by Helen Lowe

May 18 2016

Tuesday Poetry: “Autumn Fires” by Robert Louis Stevenson

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

May 17 2016

All About Structure…

Posted in About My Books, About Writing by Helen Lowe

May 16 2016

To Be Reprised: Big Worlds On Small Screens

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher by Helen Lowe

May 15 2016

The Dilemma of Research

Posted in About My Books, About Writing by Helen Lowe

May 14 2016

A Conversation with Mary Victoria

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ..., My Interviews by Helen Lowe

May 13 2016

Captain America: Civil War

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

May 12 2016

“The Wall Of Night” Series has a FB Group — Check Out the Goodness!

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

May 11 2016

Big Worlds On Small Screens & “Fantasy Films From the Eighties That Weren’t That Bad” — Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Excalibur”

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher by Helen Lowe

May 11 2016

Tuesday Poetry: Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

May 10 2016

A Farewell To SF Signal

Posted in General, SF Signal: Guest Posts by Helen Lowe

May 09 2016

It’s Interview Time — with “Civilian Reader”

Posted in About My Books, My Interviews by Helen Lowe

May 07 2016

Inside Middle Earth: Abel Tasman National Park

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

May 06 2016

Look Out, My Mind’s Been Melded—This Time By “Favourite Weapons”

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts, SF Signal: Guest Posts by Helen Lowe

May 05 2016

An Evening with the Selwyn Writers’ Salon

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

May 04 2016

Tuesday Poetry: “Ode to Autumn” by John Keats

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

May 03 2016

Five Magical Kisses from “The Wall of Night” Series — Plus More Supernatural Underground Goodness

Posted in About My Books, Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

May 02 2016

Some ANZAC-themed NZ Children’s Books

Posted in General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Apr 29 2016

The ANZAC Memorial: The Words of M. Kemal Atatürk

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Apr 28 2016

Big Worlds On Small Screens & “Fantasy Films From the Eighties That Weren’t That Bad”—Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Return To Oz”

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher by Helen Lowe

Apr 27 2016

ANZAC Day and Poetry

Posted in General, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Apr 26 2016

ANZAC Day & the NZ Novel

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Apr 25 2016

One of my favourite places …

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Apr 24 2016

Oops — Forgot To Tell You What They’re All About!

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Apr 23 2016

Wow, Look What’s Arrived — Not 1 but 2 Books From Julie Czerneda!

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Apr 22 2016

A Dragon Quote From Thornspell

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Apr 21 2016

Heralding “The Blood In The Beginning” — & Meet Ava Sykes

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Apr 20 2016

Tuesday Poetry: A Haiku

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Apr 19 2016

From Dragonslaying to Dragonriders — Who Rang In The Change?

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Apr 18 2016

A Book Quote for Sunday, from Neil Armstrong, 1930 – 2012

Posted in About Writing, General, Space Stuff by Helen Lowe

Apr 17 2016

It’s Women In SciFi & Fantasy Month at Fantasy Book Cafe — & I’m Talking Leaders

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Apr 16 2016

One More Dragonslayer…

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Apr 15 2016

A League of Fantastic Dragonslayers

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Apr 14 2016

Big Worlds On Small Screens & “Fantasy Films From the Eighties That Weren’t That Bad”—Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Dragonslayer”

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher by Helen Lowe

Apr 13 2016

Lines From “Leaving the Red Zone”: Aftermath, Part 2

Posted in Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Apr 12 2016

Around and About on T’Interwebs, aka What’s Happening This Week

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Apr 11 2016

58 Eridani: The Game Behind The Story, Part 2

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Apr 10 2016

Just Arrived: “Children of Earth and Sky” by Guy Gavriel Kay

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Apr 09 2016

“Fantasy Heroines That Rock My World” on SF Signal: Heroine #15

Posted in SF Signal: Guest Posts by Helen Lowe

Apr 08 2016

Where Ideas Come From

Posted in About Writing by Helen Lowe

Apr 07 2016

A New Review: “Helen Lowe’s Daughter Of Blood may well be the best and most complex epic fantasy novel of the year”

Posted in About My Books, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Apr 06 2016

Lines From “Leaving the Red Zone”: Aftermath, Part 1

Posted in Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Apr 05 2016

My Love Affair with the Long Names of Fantasy Fiction: How It All Began

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Apr 04 2016

58 Eridani: The Game Behind the Story, Part 1

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Apr 03 2016

5 Romantic Moments from “The Wall Of Night” Series — Plus a Fresh Fiction Interview

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., My Interviews, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Apr 02 2016

“The Heir Of Night” Gets A New Review As Well

Posted in About My Books, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Apr 01 2016

Reviews To Date For “Daughter Of Blood”

Posted in About My Books, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Mar 31 2016

Big Worlds On Small Screens & “Fantasy Films From the Eighties That Weren’t That Bad”—Rebecca Fisher Discusses “The Dark Crystal”

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher by Helen Lowe

Mar 30 2016

Tuesday & Poetry: “Demolition & Rebuild” — Lines from “Leaving The Red Zone”

Posted in Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 29 2016

War and Power: Sources of Conflict in “The Wall Of Night” World

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Mar 28 2016

58 Eridani: The 15th & Final Episode

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Mar 27 2016

Speaking For The Trees: Last Day For The Give A Little

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Mar 26 2016

One A Penny, Two A Penny: Fun With Food — Good Friday Style

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Mar 25 2016

A Haiku for the Equinox

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 24 2016

More Fun Stuff Coming Up

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., Book Launches by Helen Lowe

Mar 23 2016

Tuesday & Poetry: More Lines from “Leaving The Red Zone” — Aftershock

Posted in Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 22 2016

The Wall of Night ‘verse: Keeping It Real with Armour and Weapons

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy, Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

Mar 21 2016

58 Eridani: Episode 14

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Mar 20 2016

58 Eridani Postponed, So Instead…

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 19 2016

Use of Weapons: The Armoury of Epic Fantasy

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Mar 18 2016

Once Upon A Time On T’Interwebs…

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., My Interviews, Other Writers, SF Signal: Guest Posts by Helen Lowe

Mar 17 2016

Big Worlds On Small Screens & “Fantasy Films From the Eighties That Weren’t That Bad”—Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Labyrinth”

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher by Helen Lowe

Mar 16 2016

Tuesday & Poetry: More Lines From “Leaving The Red Zone’

Posted in Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 15 2016

Coming Up This Week

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Mar 14 2016

Meet Some More of Christchurch’s Heritage & Notable Trees

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Mar 13 2016

58 Eridani: Episode 13

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Mar 12 2016

“A Book Is A Dream…”

Posted in About Writing, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Mar 12 2016

Fashions In Names—Yes, Even in Fantasy Fiction

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Mar 11 2016

Another Deleted Scene From “Daughter Of Blood” — Kalan & Port Farewell

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Mar 10 2016

Homegrown: 5 Fun Ways NZ Features In “The Wall of Night” Series

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Mar 09 2016

Tuesday & Poetry: Lines from “Leaving the Red Zone”

Posted in Book Launches, Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 08 2016

The Page 69 Test: Does “Daughter Of Blood” Pass?

Posted in About My Books, Guest Blog Posts, My Interviews by Helen Lowe

Mar 07 2016

58 Eridani: Episode 12

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Mar 06 2016

Saturday Fun

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Mar 05 2016

It’s Interview Time!

Posted in About My Books, My Interviews by Helen Lowe

Mar 03 2016

Big Worlds On Small Screens & “Fantasy Films From the Eighties That Weren’t That Bad”—Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Ladyhawke”

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher by Helen Lowe

Mar 02 2016

“Leaving The Red Zone” — A Standing-Room-Only Book Launch

Posted in Book Launches, Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 01 2016

Finally Got There: I’ve Seen “The Martian”

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Feb 29 2016

“Leaving The Red Zone: Poems from the Canterbury Earthquakes” — An Interview, Plus Tomorrow’s Launch

Posted in Book Launches, Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 28 2016

58 Eridani: Episode 11

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Feb 27 2016

Grab-Bag From A Writer’s Bookshelf

Posted in Fun Stuff, Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Feb 26 2016

Why I Like Patricia McKillip’s “The Riddlemaster of Hed” So Much

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Recommended Reading by Helen Lowe

Feb 25 2016

Suddenly, On The Interwebs — Gigs with Fantasy Faction, Functional Nerds, & SF Signal

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., Guest Blog Posts, My Interviews, SF Signal: Guest Posts by Helen Lowe

Feb 24 2016

“Leaving The Red Zone: Poems from the Canterbury Earthquakes” — An Anthology Edited by James Norcliffe & Joanna Preston

Posted in Book Launches, Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 23 2016

February 22nd, 2011: Remembering, 5 Years On

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Feb 22 2016

The Heir of Night’s Translator Drops In…

Posted in Friends, General by Helen Lowe

Feb 21 2016

58 Eridani: Episode 10

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Feb 20 2016

Daughter of Blood, Deleted Scene 3 — Kalan & Port Farewell

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Feb 19 2016

So “Why” All This Business About Trees

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Feb 18 2016

Big Worlds On Small Screens & “Fantasy Films From the Eighties That Weren’t That Bad”—Rebecca Fisher Discusses “The Princess Bride”

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher by Helen Lowe

Feb 17 2016

Meet More Of Christchurch’s Heritage Trees — With Added Poetry Goodness

Posted in General, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 16 2016

Earthquakes, Christchurch Style, Reprised

Posted in Earthquake Reports, General by Helen Lowe

Feb 15 2016

Meet The Trees — Some of Christchurch’s Most Significant Trees Still Really Need Your Help

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., General by Helen Lowe

Feb 14 2016

A Writing Quote for Sunday From Lillian Hellman, 1905 – 1984

Posted in About Writing, General by Helen Lowe

Feb 14 2016

Apparently, It’s A Numbers’ Game: aka If You Like A Book, It Really Helps To Review It

Posted in About My Books, About Writing by Helen Lowe

Feb 13 2016

A Change In Tomorrow’s Programme — Plus What Else Is Up

Posted in General, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Feb 12 2016

Daughter Of Blood: Deleted Scene 2 — Malian & Raven Depart Aralorn

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Feb 11 2016

Some Early Reader Feedback on “Daughter Of Blood”

Posted in About My Books, Book Launches by Helen Lowe

Feb 10 2016

Pine-Trees And The Sky: Evening by Rupert Brooke

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 09 2016

“Names Matter”: Yes, They Do

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Feb 08 2016

Speaking for the Trees: Update 1

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., General by Helen Lowe

Feb 07 2016

58 Eridani: Episode 9

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Feb 06 2016

Daughter Of Blood: Deleted Scene 1 — Malian & Raven In Aralorn

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Feb 05 2016

So The Book Is Out & You Really Want To Support It: Here’s the Four Step Plan

Posted in Book Launches, General by Helen Lowe

Feb 04 2016

Big Worlds On Small Screens & “Fantasy Films From the Eighties That Weren’t That Bad”—Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Willow”

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher by Helen Lowe

Feb 03 2016

“I Saw in Louisiana A Live-Oak Growing” by Walt Whitman, 1819 – 1892

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 02 2016

On Supernatural Underground Now: “Enter, Daughter Of Blood” — Plus Two Bonus Quotes

Posted in About My Books, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Feb 02 2016

Even More Book Release Fun! Plus A Review

Posted in About My Books, Book Launches, Other Writers, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Feb 01 2016

We Have A Result: “Daughter Of Blood” Release Week Giveaway & Tuckerization Draw

Posted in About My Books, Book Launches, Giveaways by Helen Lowe

Jan 31 2016

It’s Book Release Week, And That’s Important — But So Is Speaking For The Trees

Posted in About What I'm Doing ..., General by Helen Lowe

Jan 31 2016

58 Eridani: Episode 8 (Plus “Daughter Of Blood” Release Week Update)

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Jan 30 2016

A Release Week Update — Plus The Final Day For The Giveaway & Tuckerization Draw

Posted in About My Books, Book Launches, Giveaways by Helen Lowe

Jan 29 2016

Meet “Daughter Of Blood’s” Tuckerization Character: Enter Che’Ryl-g-Raham

Posted in About My Books, About The Characters, Book Launches by Helen Lowe

Jan 28 2016

Release Day Update, Plus A Blog Outage & The Giveaway (et al) Extension

Posted in About My Books, Book Launches, Giveaways by Helen Lowe

Jan 27 2016

Here At Last: Let’s Welcome “Daughter Of Blood”

Posted in About My Books, Book Launches, Giveaways by Helen Lowe

Jan 26 2016

Earthquakes, Prussian Generals, Ursula Le Guin & More—I Am Interviewed by Romantic Times

Posted in About My Books, Book Launches, My Interviews by Helen Lowe

Jan 26 2016

Returning Characters In “Daughter Of Blood” (The Wall Of Night Book Three)

Posted in About My Books, About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Jan 26 2016

An Avid Reader Special: Karen McMillan’s Five Most-Anticipated Reads Of 2016

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Jan 25 2016

It’s Publication Week For “Daughter Of Blood”—Here’s What’s Happening

Posted in About My Books, Book Launches by Helen Lowe

Jan 24 2016

An Interview & A Giveaway On “I’m Shelf-ish” Book Blog

Posted in Book Launches, My Interviews by Helen Lowe

Jan 24 2016

58 Eridani: Episode 7

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Jan 23 2016

Looking Ahead To Publication Day: It’s That Tuckerization Time

Posted in About My Books, Book Launches, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jan 22 2016

Deleted Scenes — aka The Author’s Cut

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jan 21 2016

Just One Week Left Until — DAUGHTER OF BLOOD!

Posted in About My Books, Book Launches by Helen Lowe

Jan 20 2016

Excerpt: “The Woods Of Westermain” by George Meredith

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 19 2016

An Avid Reader Special: Paul Weimer’s Five Most-Anticipated Reads of 2016

Posted in Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Jan 18 2016

Love Letters To Melbourne’s Trees

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jan 17 2016

58 Eridani: Episode 6

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Jan 16 2016

You Can Now Read the First Three Chapters of Daughter Of Blood!

Posted in About My Books, Giveaways by Helen Lowe

Jan 15 2016

First Chapter; First Giveaway — for DAUGHTER OF BLOOD!

Posted in About My Books, Giveaways, SF Signal: Guest Posts by Helen Lowe

Jan 14 2016

Big Worlds On Small Screens & “Fantasy Films From the Eighties That Weren’t That Bad”—Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Legend”

Posted in Big Worlds On Small Screens With Rebecca Fisher by Helen Lowe

Jan 13 2016

“O dreamy, gloomy friendly trees” by Herbert Trench

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 12 2016

An Avid Reader Special: Jennifer Lowe’s Five Most- Anticipated Reads Of 2016

Posted in Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Jan 11 2016

“Daughter of Blood” News — And The Week Ahead

Posted in About My Books, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Jan 10 2016

58 Eridani: Episode 5

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Jan 09 2016

Just Arrived: “The Labyrinth Of Flame” (Book III, Shattered Sigil Series) by Courtney Schafer

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Jan 08 2016

Book Is Coming…

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Jan 07 2016

Thanking My 2015 Contributors

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Jan 06 2016

The Most-Read “Tuesday Poem” Posts Of 2015

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Jan 05 2016

The Most-Read Posts of “…On Anything Really” From 2015

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Jan 04 2016

Calendar Love

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jan 03 2016

58 Eridani: Episode 4

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Jan 02 2016

Hello, 2016 — & Daughter Of Blood!

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Jan 01 2016

An Avid Reader Bonus: Janine Sowerby’s Top 3 Reads of 2015

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Dec 31 2015

Big Worlds On Small Screens & ” Fantasy Films From the Eighties That Weren’t That Bad”—Rebecca Fisher Discusses “The Neverending Story″

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Dec 30 2015

Poetry News

Posted in Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 29 2015

An Avid Reader Special: Karen McMillan’s Top 5 Reads Of 2015

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Dec 28 2015

“Fantasy Heroines That Rock My World” #12 on SF Signal , Plus A Great Deal More…

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Dec 27 2015

58 Eridani: Episode 3

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Dec 26 2015

It’s Christmas …

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Dec 25 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Sarus

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Dec 24 2015

Another Chapter From “Daughter Of Blood” Revealed—On B&N SciFi!

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy, Events by Helen Lowe

Dec 23 2015

The Curve Of the World

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 22 2015

An Avid Reader Special: Paul Weimer’s Top 5 Reads Of 2015

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Recommended Reading by Helen Lowe

Dec 21 2015

Dispatches From The Book Front: Current News

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Dec 20 2015

58 Eridani: Episode 2

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Dec 19 2015

Fun Blog Fare On The Supernatural Underground

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Dec 18 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Nesta

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Dec 17 2015

Big Worlds On Small Screens—Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Sense 8”

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Dec 16 2015

A Farewell To The Tuesday Poem

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 15 2015

An Avid Reader Special: Jennifer Lowe’s Top 5 Reads Of 2015

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Recommended Reading by Helen Lowe

Dec 14 2015

58 Eridani: Episode 1

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Dec 13 2015

Introducing “58 Eridani” — A Game Log

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Dec 12 2015

Background Research: “Coming To The Aid Of The Enemy” #2

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Dec 11 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Nerys

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Dec 10 2015

New Stuff Comin’ Up Ahead Of The Holidays

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Dec 09 2015

The Tuesday Poem: Giacometti

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 08 2015

Why Reader Reviews “Do” Help Books

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Dec 07 2015

A Book Quote For Sunday—From Ernest Hemingway’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

Posted in About Writing, General by Helen Lowe

Dec 06 2015

Read My Short Story “The Kiss” on the Supernatural Underground

Posted in Short Fiction, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Dec 05 2015

E-Book Deal: USA/Canada & For A Limited Time Only—The Heir Of Night / The Gathering Of The Lost

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Dec 04 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Lira

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Dec 03 2015

Big Worlds On Small Screens—Rebecca Fisher Discusses Star Wars: Clone Wars!

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Dec 02 2015

The Tuesday Poem: Congratulations To Jennifer Compton

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Dec 01 2015

A Few Fantasy Bad Guys …

Posted in Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Nov 30 2015

“Peak” Poppies

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 29 2015

“Fantasy Heroines That Rock My World” #11 On SF Signal — Sisterhood Is Powerful, Part 2

Posted in SF Signal: Guest Posts by Helen Lowe

Nov 28 2015

Background Research: “Coming To The Aid Of The Enemy”

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 27 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Lannorth

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Nov 26 2015

Background Research & Eye-Opening Facts: A Little-Known Siege

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 25 2015

The Tuesday Poem: Excerpt from “The Ivy Crown” by William Carlos Williams

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 24 2015

Black Gate Calls My Books “Future Treasures”

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Nov 23 2015

A Final Speculation On Arthurian Fantasy — & When It’s Most Popular

Posted in Epic Fantasy, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 22 2015

Speaking of Arthurian-Influenced Fantasy …

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Nov 21 2015

Was There A Golden Age of Arthurian Fantasy?

Posted in Epic Fantasy, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 20 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Kyr

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Nov 19 2015

Big Worlds On Small Screens: Rebecca Fisher Discusses “The Others”

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Nov 18 2015

Unveiled! The Prologue to “Daughter Of Blood” Makes Its First Appearance on SF Signal

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy, Events by Helen Lowe

Nov 17 2015

The Tuesday Poem: I Am Guest Editor On The Hub, Featuring Wade Bishop

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 17 2015

“The Matter Of Britain” Part 2: Arthurian-Influenced Fantasy for Junior/YA Readers

Posted in Epic Fantasy, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 16 2015

The Quest For The Holy Grail Continues…

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 15 2015

What I’m Reading: “Thief’s Magic” by Trudi Canavan

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Nov 14 2015

“The Matter Of Britain”: Arthurian Fantasy

Posted in Epic Fantasy, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 13 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Korin

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Nov 12 2015

Tales That Stand The Test Of Time: Mary Stewart’s “The Hollow Hills”

Posted in General, Other Writers, Recommended Reading by Helen Lowe

Nov 11 2015

The Tuesday Poem: An Excerpt From the Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tzu

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Nov 10 2015

“Daughter Of Blood” (The Wall Of Night Book Three) Now Stars On My Website!

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Nov 09 2015

Just Arrived: “Angel Of Storms” by Trudi Canavan

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Nov 08 2015

A Fun Quote From F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Nov 07 2015

A Summer Convention in Spokane — June Young Reports On Sasquan, the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon)

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Nov 06 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Khorion

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Nov 05 2015

Big Worlds On Small Screens: Rebecca Fisher Returns — & Discusses “Marchlands”

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Nov 04 2015

The Tuesday Poem: Penelope Dreaming

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Nov 03 2015

What’s Happening This Week: the Supernatural Underground — & MOAR!

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Nov 02 2015

The Overlap Between Writing & Gardening

Posted in About Writing, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 01 2015

Gorgeous Words: Barbara Hambly & “The Ladies Of Mandrigyn”

Posted in General, Other Writers, Recommended Reading by Helen Lowe

Oct 31 2015

“Fantasy Heroines That Rock My World” #10 On SF Signal — Sisterhood Is Powerful, Part 1

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Oct 30 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Jiron

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Oct 29 2015

Just Arrived: “Last Song Before Night” by Ilana C Myer

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Oct 28 2015

The Tuesday Poem: Homing

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Oct 27 2015

The Author Gets Her Buzz On

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Oct 26 2015

The Power Of Thirteen: AKA A Giveaway So Big, It’s Spooky!

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Oct 25 2015

The Quest For the Holy Grail…

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 24 2015

Writing & The Ever-Changing “Rules Of Engagement”

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Oct 23 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Innor

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Oct 22 2015

More Fabulous Fantasy Settings

Posted in Epic Fantasy, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 21 2015

The Tuesday Poem: Argos, from the “Ithaca Conversations Sequence

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Oct 20 2015

Awe-Inspiring Settings

Posted in Epic Fantasy, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 19 2015

Being Here: Ocean to Sky

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 18 2015

What’s the best thing about living in New Zealand?

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 17 2015

SF Signal Mind Meld: “Who Has Your Back When Monsters Attack?” — I Field An All-Heroines Dream Team, But There’s MOAR!

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Oct 16 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Ilor & Serin

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Oct 15 2015

Portent and Fate: The Mythic Aspect of Dream in Contemporary Fantasy

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Oct 14 2015

The Tuesday Poem: “Ulysses” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1809 – 1892

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Oct 13 2015

“The Wall Of Night” Series & Reflections On Characters

Posted in About My Books, About The Characters by Helen Lowe

Oct 12 2015

Patti Smith on Writing…

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Oct 11 2015

It’s A SF Signal Week — “Fantasy Heroines That Rock My World” #9, Eowyn

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Oct 10 2015

What I’m Reading: Kate Elliott’s “Crossroads” Trilogy

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Oct 09 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Gerenth

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Oct 08 2015

Well, this is nice: “Making Covers New” Hits SF Signal’s Top 25 Posts for September

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Oct 07 2015

The Tuesday Poem: “from the hill”

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Oct 06 2015

After The Proof Is Done: Playing Catch Up

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Oct 05 2015

Woo-hoo! It’s Spring!

Posted in About My Books, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 04 2015

A Quote for Saturday

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 03 2015

Supernatural Underground: Alternate Worlds vs Our World in Fantasy

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Oct 02 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Garan

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Oct 01 2015

Well, I think tis done…

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Sep 30 2015

The Tuesday Poem: “Whoso List to Hunt, I Know Where is an Hind” by Sir Thomas Wyatt

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Sep 29 2015

Still Proofing … Yup, Proofing On — But, Excerpt!

Posted in About My Books, About What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Sep 28 2015

Side By Side: A Grand Finale Of US Covers for “The Wall Of Night” Series

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Sep 27 2015

Side By Side: A Grand Finale Of UK Covers for “The Wall Of Night” Series

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Sep 26 2015

More Side By Side Fun: UK & (New) US Covers — “Daughter Of Blood”

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Sep 25 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Falath

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Sep 24 2015

Side By Side Fun: UK & (New) US Covers — “The Gathering Of The Lost”

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Sep 23 2015

The Tuesday Poem: “Side by Side”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Sep 22 2015

Here They Are, Side By Side: UK & (New) US Covers — “The Heir Of Night”

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Sep 21 2015

SF Signal Giveaway — Reminder!

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff, Giveaways, SF Signal: Guest Posts by Helen Lowe

Sep 20 2015

Here’s What Spun My Wheels This Week

Posted in About My Books, About Writing, Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Sep 19 2015

Hey, Hey, It’s Proof Time For “Daughter Of Blood”

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Sep 18 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Eria

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Sep 17 2015

Double the Drum Roll—Because There’s A Giveaway!

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff, SF Signal: Guest Posts by Helen Lowe

Sep 16 2015

Drum Roll! The New-Look US Covers For The Wall Of Night Series—An Exclusive Reveal On SF Signal

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Sep 16 2015

The Tuesday Poem: Castle Rock

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Sep 15 2015

Coming Up This Week: Reveal Of The New US Covers For “The Wall Of Night” Series

Posted in About My Books, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Sep 14 2015

Book Readers’ Sunday

Posted in General, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Sep 13 2015

Just Arrived: “The Killing Moon” (Book One Of The Dreamblood) by NK Jemisin

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Sep 12 2015

“Fantasy Heroines That Rock My World” On SF Signal: #8, Yeine Darr

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Sep 11 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Doria

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Sep 10 2015

Big Worlds On Small Screens: Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Humans”

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Sep 09 2015

The Tuesday Poem: I Am Guest Editor On the Hub, Featuring Bernadette Hall

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Sep 08 2015

Questions Writers Get Asked: Which Is Most Important, “Voice” or “Story”?

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Sep 07 2015

Wrapping Up The Week 1: From Dragons, Through Book Quote Fun, To That “L” Word

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Sep 06 2015

The “L” Word: What Christchurch Is Crying Out For, Five Year’s Post The First Earthquake

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Sep 04 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Ber

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Sep 03 2015

I Have Some Book Quote Fun—On The Supernatural Underground :)

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Sep 02 2015

The Tuesday Poem: “The House Of Wives” by Jennifer Compton

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Sep 01 2015

“Here Be Dragons”: The Magic and Power Of Maps

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Aug 31 2015

Stina Leicht On Writing Great Dialogue—New Now On The Supernatural Underground

Posted in Friends, Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Aug 29 2015

It’s National Poetry Day — Here’s My Poetry Roundup!

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Aug 28 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Armar

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Aug 27 2015

Big Worlds On Small Screens: Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Farscape”

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Aug 26 2015

The Tuesday Poem: “Outback”

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Aug 25 2015

Background Research

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Aug 24 2015

A Few Favourite Mottos

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Aug 23 2015

An Eye-Opening Fact I’ve Learned From My Book Research…

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Aug 22 2015

Tis The Friday Of Linkage Love: To SF Signal, Supernatural Underground & More…

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Aug 21 2015

Questions Writers Get Asked: Why Do You Write? What Keeps You Going?

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Aug 20 2015

Questions Writers Get Asked: What Is The Best — And Worst — Part Of Being A Writer?

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Aug 19 2015

The Tuesday Poem: Storm Front

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Aug 18 2015

How’s This For Awesome?

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Aug 17 2015

Worldbuilding In “The Wall Of Night” Series: The Medieval European Setting (3)

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Aug 16 2015

Worldbuilding In “The Wall Of Night” Series: The Medieval European Setting (2)

Posted in About My Books, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Aug 15 2015

Worldbuilding In “The Wall Of Night” Series: The Medieval European Setting (1)

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Aug 14 2015

About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Akerin

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Aug 13 2015

Big Worlds On Small Screens: Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Sinbad”

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Aug 12 2015

The Tuesday Poem: Orison

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Aug 11 2015

Thinking About Characters

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Aug 10 2015

A Quote For Sunday — Attributed to Vincent Van Gogh

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Aug 09 2015

What I’m Reading Right Now: “The Art Of War” By Sun-tzu

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Aug 08 2015

It’s Really “Not” That Long Now — So How About A Character Refresher?

Posted in About My Books, About The Characters, About What I'm Doing ..., Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Aug 07 2015

USA & UK: Here They are For You, Side By Side

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Aug 06 2015

The Tuesday Poem: Fey

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Aug 04 2015

Checkout The Backcover ‘Blurb’ for the US Cover of “Daughter Of Blood”!

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Aug 03 2015

There Really is Something…Very Exciting About A New Cover!

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Aug 02 2015


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