#Kevin Hearne

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#kill the farm boy #delilah s dawson #kevin hearne #fantasy #book poll #have you read this book poll #polls

[noodlenoises]

54 Urban Fantasy Story Ideas to Trigger Your Creativity

(Thank you Patrons for voting for this post!) I got really stoned and spent hours just kinda reflecting on my place in the universe. Listened to some podcasts. Browsed r/nyc. And eventually came up with these 54 urban fantasy writing prompts. 👇🏾

I asked beloved Patrons which post they’d like to see next, and it looks like the beloveds would like some urban fantasy prompts this time around! Whether you write tons of urban fantasy and are just looking for some new ideas, or you’re brand new and looking to get inspired, I’m bringing you 54 urban fantasy story prompts for your beautiful brain meat. I’ve done this before with other genres. A…

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[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

vote YES if you have finished the entire book.

vote NO if you have not finished the entire book.

(faq · submit a book)

#fantasy #books #Kill the Farm Boy #Delilah S. Dawson #Kevin Hearne #poll #result: no #l: English

[sonaspectrum]

How is noone on this webbed site talking about the seven kennings at all? It's such a cool fantasy series with a huge plot, politics, a queer friendly world with queer characters and a uprisings against suppressive leaders etc.

It seems like it would be right up y'all's alley

#a blight of blackwings #a plague of giants #the seven kennings #the 7 kennings #7 kennings #fintan #kevin hearne #books #queer books #fantasy #fantasy books

[book0ftheday]

The Princess Beard by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne, cover art by Craig Phillips, design by Scott Biel, otter illustration by Andrii-Oliinyk, title page illustration by jcrosemann, map illustration by Kevin Hearne, book design by Caroline Cunningham, published 2020.

#wow that was more credits than a children's picturebook anthology #contemporary fantasy #fantasy illustrations #fantasy maps #delilah dawson #kevin hearne #the princess beard #craig phillips #scott biel #andrii oliinyk #j crosemann #caroline cunningham

[ididntknowwhattocallthis]

I'm rereading The Iron Druid Chronicles for the first time since I was like 13, and now that I finally understand ALL the sexual innuendo I'm just wondering; do allos really think about sex that often?? Is this just an Atticus thing or do all people who have a moderately high sex drive think about it whenever they look at someone they find attractive?

I don't remember the books from Oberon's perspective being quite so... innuendo laden. I hope I'm remembering that correctly and it's not just part of how Kevin Hearne writes.

#the iron druid chronicles #asexual #kevin hearne #Atticus O'Sullivan #ace spec

[just0nemorepage]

Ink & Sigil || Kevin Hearne || Ink & Sigil #1 || 336 pages Top 3 Genres: Urban Fantasy / Mystery / Magic

Synopsis: Al MacBharrais is both blessed and cursed. He is blessed with an extraordinary white moustache, an appreciation for craft cocktails – and a most unique magical talent. He can cast spells with magically enchanted ink and he uses his gifts to protect our world from rogue minions of various pantheons, especially the Fae.

But he is also cursed. Anyone who hears his voice will begin to feel an inexplicable hatred for Al, so he can only communicate through the written word or speech apps. And his apprentices keep dying in peculiar freak accidents. As his personal life crumbles around him, he devotes his life to his work, all the while trying to crack the secret of his curse.

But when his latest apprentice, Gordie, turns up dead in his Glasgow flat, Al discovers evidence that Gordie was living a secret life of crime. Now Al is forced to play detective – while avoiding actual detectives who are wondering why death seems to always follow Al. Investigating his apprentice’s death will take him through Scotland’s magical underworld, and he’ll need the help of a mischievous hobgoblin if he’s to survive.

Publication Date: August 2020. / Average Rating: 4.15. / Number of Ratings: ~6720.

#tbr tuesday #I haven't read this yet! #ink and sigil #kevin hearne #no. 1 #300-399 pages #urban fantasy #mystery #magic #jomp original

[bornitereads]

Hounded - Kevin Hearne

The Iron Druid Chronicles Book 1

Reread: Aug 2022

The books of this series that I own barely survived my Marie Kondo purge of my bookshelves. They ended in a pile of books under the heading "Unsure, reread and decide." See I remember liking them when I read them before, and I cannot quite recall why I was so back and forth about them. It took a few years, but I finally am getting back to them. And I got to say, I really liked it. This one was fun, entertaining, and interesting.

I originally picked it up because, it was in the fantasy section, it was about a druid, but in modern day, and whoever did the cover found a hot ginger model for it and that sealed the deal for me haha. But it's written in a laid-back style I would say, everything is easy to follow and smoothly flows along the plotline. I really like the Druidic magic system, the Celtic twist on things. I like that it's set in the desert. I like the inclusion of other magical traditions, creatures, and beings. There is quite a bit I love about the world here. Plus I also like the story, its a fun time. It's engaging and I found myself ripping through it, rushing to find out what happens next. I always love when I book does that to me. Plus I really love the werewolf lawyers. It is pretty funny honestly.

Info: Del Rey, 2011

#hounded #kevin hearne #the iron druid chronicles #fantasy #fiction #urban fantasy

[readingrobin]

Reading Kill the Farm Boy and it's definitely showing vibes of having humor BE the story instead of having it sort of accent the story. I'm seeing it compared to things like The Princess Bride, Monty Python, and Terry Pratchett, but, for me, it doesn't really capture any of those. Monty Python's absurdity works for the kind of comedy it wants to do, whereas Princess Bride and Terry Pratchett are more tongue in cheek and based in wit, not a deluge of puns and body humor.

If the humor was done more sparingly, it definitely could have worked as a deconstruction of fantasy tropes, but it's not really hitting that mark. Probably going to give it another chapter before I decide whether to DNF or not.

#kill the farm boy #deliah s dawson #kevin hearne #currently reading

[the-oddest-inkling]

I am currently reading the first novel of the “Iron Druid Chronicles” and after a couple of pages in, I came to the conclusion, that Atticus O’Sullivan is either a Mary Sue or a self-insert character. Or both. 

#The Iron Druid Chronicles #kevin hearne #atticus o'sullivan

[emilywrites185]

What Are You Reading?

I'm curious, what have you been reading?

I am tagging @araneidinversicolor, @bungawidrayani88, @whumpkinpie, @teconpastas, @writingonscrappaper, @everydaycharlatan.

I am currently reading;

A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway,

Kill The Farm Boy by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne,

On Writing by Stephen King,

and rereading my own work.

(Tag whoever you like! If you don't feel like participating, you don't have to!)

#Reading #a farewell to arms #kill the farm boy #on writing #stephen king #delilah s dawson #kevin hearne #writing #books #good reads #currently reading #tag you're it

[jurakan]

In terms of "Ways to make your protagonist sympathetic," I advise against "Make actual Jesus pop up and talk about how way cool he is and also validate all of my opinions," as a writing idea.

#Iron Druid Chronicles #Kevin Hearne

[estavian]

SixtTthree or Bread and Circuses with Cheese

It has come to our attention that a surprising 37% of your species believe that your planet is flat.  There is a great deal of factual evidence against this and yet you believe.  We actually went out and did a special probing, not in Cambodia because they are way too smart for that, but in your United States (a misnomer if ever we saw one) somewhere south of the middle.  We wanted to get more…

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[luftzig]

Wow writing something on tumbler is such a blast from the past, be here it is:

I just finished reading Kevin Hearne's "The Seven Kennings" trilogy, and… wow. WOW. What a saga. Wat worldbuilding, much characters.

First and foremost, The Seven Kennings uses a unique narrative structure of first person stories inside a framework narrative which is also the in world narrative. Confused? You should be, because it's unique and apparently, the best. The storyteller is an historian, writing down the stories which were told to a bard, who retells them while impersonating the original character whose story is being told. Just pure brilliance.

But of course, an innovative story telling device doesn't automatically makes a book series good. The Seven Kennings presents us with interesting world building – the 5 magic-like elemental kennings associated with the different nations might not be original by itself, but they are handled with rare attention to details, from the use of ideoms to thoughtful cultural worldbuilding. The many characters are human, compelling, and heroic in their own everyday kind of way.

The Seven Kennings deals with a war, a vicious, cruel and unexpected war, and the people who caught in it. It slowly builds the antegonists from complete monsters to people worthy of our compassion (of course, some of them remain monsterous). It was just the right read for me in these days of war, hate, and moral murkyness.

Pick it up, you won't regret it.

#the seven kennings #kevin hearne #fantasy #fantasy books

[bestbookfriends]

From 'Kill the Farm Boy':

"Leave the cheese and you will have a swift and satisfactory discharge from Morning Wood"

💀

#Kill the Farm Boy #Delilah Dawson #Kevin Hearne #Pell #Monty Python #juvenile

[devourerofcheesecake]

Abinava literally being too much of a trauma baby to figure out hes the first Plague bringer MFMGMGKG

#plague of giants #kevin hearne