Hello everyone! It’s Allie, the resident JL Disney expert. I’ve been to Disneyland hundreds of times, probably due to the fact that my dad worked for Disney in the R&D department when I was in high school, and my husband works in the Ride Engineering department now. Oh, and my …
Here we are, back with more swords and even more mayhem. In my first Sharp Pointy Things post, you might recall that I flippantly raised the question about the over-prevalence of swords in fantasy fiction. And then I just as flippantly dismissed the question for another time. Well, guess what? …
We know what you’ve all been waiting for. The Just-Us League are proud to reveal the cover for Of Legend and Lore, courtesy of Louis Rakovich, cover designer at Indigo Forest Designs. Drum roll, please! *drums fingers on computer* New life is given to eleven old stories in this second collection …
The Just-Us League are proud to announce their next anthology: Of Legend and Lore! New life is given to eleven old stories in this second collection of irresistible fairy tale retellings. Royalty faces magical challenges: a prince uses his powers on a rescue mission and reveals a terrible secret about …
An Abundance of Candy! Beneath the Sugar Sky is the third novella in the Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire. For those new to this series, Every Heart a Doorway, the first book and Hugo/Nebula Award-winning novella, features a boarding school for children who have fallen into magical …
Oathbringer Review The Stormlight Archive is intimidating to new readers of the fantasy genre. At a whopping 1,248 pages, Oathbringer is the third installment in Brandon Sanderson’s fantasy epic series The Stormlight Archive. Published in November 2017, Oathbringer follows the newly-founded Knights Radiant as they prepare their world for the …
A new year brings with it a wealth of new books. If you are a fan of science fiction or fantasy, here is taste of what is coming out in 2018. Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #2) – Alastair Reynolds Expected Publication: January I always anticipate a new book from …
I like to set myself a reading challenge every year, as do some other writers here at JL. Have you ever considered doing a reading challenge? Maybe you want to, but don’t know where to start. Read on, to find out how to choose the best challenge for you. What …
So . . . I’m back. And I’ve brought more swords. To be honest, it took me a while to figure out what I wanted to talk about for this post. Of course I wanted to talk about swords, but what about swords? Originally, I thought about a blog post on …
The Just-Us League have had a great year! Not only did we start our website and blog, but lots of our members have published books and stories, some for the very first time. We’ve released our first three anthologies, From the Stories of Old (December 2016), Between Heroes and Villains …
