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		<title>The Riddler&#8217;s Gift gets a dusting of stars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ant over at Sfbook.com runs an impressive site crammed full of science fiction and fantasy book reviews. In the 5 star review class, there&#8217;s a great selection of top fantasy books, like David Gemmel&#8217;s Legend, Robin Hobb&#8217;s Assassins Apprentice and Stephen Donaldson&#8217;s Lord Foul&#8217;s Bane. So I&#8217;m in the best company &#8230; Sfbook awarded five [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://greghamerton.com/2010/09/the-riddlers-gift-gets-a-dusting-of-stars/</link>
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		<title>South African fantasy and scifi blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Staggering into a dark side-alley to avoid the ravenous throng of screaming fans during my recent fantasy book tour, I came to a looming building, a great towering wall of grim concrete, upon which someone had defiantly painted a masterpiece of graffiti. It said &#8216;DaveBrendon&#8217;s Fantasy and SciFi weblog&#8216;. Something squeaked under my boot. Strange [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://greghamerton.com/2010/09/south-african-fantasy-and-scifi-blog/</link>
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		<title>Author interview in The Star</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nerine Dorman of the Cape Times (part of the Independent News and Media group) interviews South African fantasy author Greg Hamerton about his new fantasy novel Second Sight, part of the fantasy series The Tale of the Lifesong.]]></description>
		<link>http://greghamerton.com/2010/09/fantasy-author-interview-by-the-star/</link>
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		<title>Online marketing for fantasy novels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Effective book promotion and online marketing can make a big difference to building the brand of any new fantasy author. In the past, people used to click on those flashing colourful boxes. Everything was interesting. Nowadays banners have become a low-impact kind of advertising, because people recognise the look of a banner advert and automatically ignore it, unless it's really clever, compelling and eye-catching.]]></description>
		<link>http://greghamerton.com/2010/09/online-marketing-for-fantasy-novels/</link>
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		<title>How to find a fantasy publisher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing the 600 page new epic fantasy novel is the short bit. Trying to build a writing career on that book can take years. Here's some advice for first time fantasy authors on how to find a fantasy publisher.]]></description>
		<link>http://greghamerton.com/2010/08/how-to-find-a-fantasy-publisher/</link>
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		<title>New fantasy book giveaway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If the best things in life are free, then free things must be the best but if it costs nothing to write a book, why do they charge for the rest? &#8212; Zarost .goodreadsGiveawayWidget { color: #555; font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background: white; } .goodreadsGiveawayWidget img { padding: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://greghamerton.com/2010/08/new-fantasy-book-giveaway/</link>
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		<title>More five star book reviews for Second Sight!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new fantasy novel Second Sight seems to be making an impact on Goodreads. Cynde Mitchell just rated it: I really enjoyed this novel. it reminds me a lot of the novels by Katherine Kurtz-Deryni books. I&#8217;d like to read the first one too. It was a great read and easily read. The book was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://greghamerton.com/2010/08/more-five-star-book-reviews-for-second-sight/</link>
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		<title>In conversation with Fantasy Book Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, Lee at Fantasy Book Review set out on a quest to find the top 100 fantasy books of all time. In a unique approach, the books are rated between 0.0 and 10.0 which offers a much more precise appraisal than the usual 5 star scale. This allows for an interesting ranking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://greghamerton.com/2010/08/author-interview-with-fantasybookreview/</link>
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		<title>Lifesong fantasy series released in the USA!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm delighted to announce that you can now buy the Tale of the Lifesong series from Amazon and save on the postage costs! See the bottom of the <a href="http://greghamerton.com/special-deals/">special deals</a> page for details and links. The Riddler's Gift has been released in two parts, to make it more affordable for new readers who haven't yet heard the Lifesong. Second Sight is in one volume, because if you have read The Riddler's Gift, you'll be wanting the whole of the sequel!]]></description>
		<link>http://greghamerton.com/2010/08/lifesong-fantasy-series-released-in-the-usa/</link>
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		<title>The Painted Man &#8211; fighting back against our demons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A fantasy novel review: The Painted Man by Peter V Brett. Brett’s writing is simple, unpretentious, and action-packed. The Painted Man is a blend of a coming-of-age tale, monster-violence and a speculation on human nature. When Brett switches from Arlen’s viewpoint and demonstrates that there is more to the story than the standard fantasy fare (a country bumpkin goes on a quest to learn magic and save the world) I know I’ll stay till the end. Although the fast-paced action is often bloody and the body-count is high, it is not slasher-fiction and so does not appal with gore. The writing doesn’t challenge the reader much—it doesn’t need to—it simply sweeps you along with the story.]]></description>
		<link>http://greghamerton.com/2010/08/the-painted-man-review/</link>
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