Jun 04
Two new reviews of Blue Fire, my stand-along young-adult fantasy penned as E.C. Blake and published by Shadowpaw Press, came along within twenty-four hours of each other this week, and both were very positive! Aurealis Magazine is a long-running Australian science-fiction magazine. Writing in Issue #141, reviewer Clare Rhoden says, in part: “This novel reads immersively because of …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.ecblake.com/2021/06/reviewers-praise-blue-fire-triumph-of-invention-thoroughly-enjoyable-delightful-ya-fantasy/
Jun 08
I’m pleased to announce that Master of the World, Book 2 in my Worldshapers series from DAW Books (written as Edward Willett), has been named to the longlist of the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Master of the World is on the list in the Young Adult Fiction category, the same category Worldshaper was longlisted in …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.ecblake.com/2020/06/master-of-the-world-longlisted-for-sunburst-award-in-ya-fiction/
Jun 17
The podcast I host (as Edward Willett), The Worldshapers (“Conversations with science fiction and fantasy authors about the creative process”) is a finalist for this year’s Aurora Awards (honouring the best in Canadian science fiction and fantasy), in the Best Fan Related Work category (a first for me!). Lots of great work nominated in all the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.ecblake.com/2019/06/the-worldshapers-podcast-an-aurora-award-finalist-for-best-fan-related-work/
Jul 30
The first review of Twist of the Blade, the second book of my Shards of Excalibur series (written as Edward Willett) has shown up, and it’s a good one. Kirkus Reviews says: The sequel to Song of the Sword (2014) improves on its foundation….Willett realistically explores the difficulties Ariane and Wally face and paints Rex Major in such a light that …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.ecblake.com/2014/07/kirkus-reviews-likes-twist-of-the-blade-even-more-than-song-of-the-sword/
Sep 14
This just got posted today by the Penguin publicity people (trying saying that three times fast). It was shot when I was at the DAW offices in New York back in January…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.ecblake.com/2013/09/penguin-promotional-video-for-masks-hits-youtube/
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