The Left Hand of Darkness is a compelling masterpiece that, nearly 50 years after it was written, remains highly relevant, all the more so after the election.
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A Wizard’s Forge Review
Wow! Thanks Meagan Ashley for this lovely review of A Wizard's Forge..
Review: A Wizard’s Forge by A.M. Justice (no spoilers)
Thank you Joana Duarte for this wonderful review of A Wizard’s Forge, and giving me another review to add to my favorite reviews page on my website.
A Wizard’s Forge by A.M. Justice
Published by Wise Ink Creative Publishing
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction
Pages: 326
Format: Ebook
My Rating: 
Scholar. Slave. Warrior. Wizard.
On a planet far from Earth, descendants of marooned space travelers fight a decades-long war. Shy scholar Victoria knows nothing of this conflict until pirates kidnap and sell her to the sadistic tyrant behind it. He keeps her naked and locked in a tower, subjecting her to months of psychological torture. After seizing an opportunity to escape, Vic joins the fight against her former captor and begins walking a bloody path toward revenge.
As the Blade, Vic gains glory raiding her enemy’s forces, but the ordeal in his tower haunts her. Bitter memories keep her from returning the love of the kindhearted Prince Ashel, whose family has fended off the tyrant’s invading army for a generation. When enemy soldiers capture Ashel, Vic embarks on…
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Interview with Author A.M. Justice
The lovely Genre Minx and I converse about writing, life, and who I'd like to see cast in the film version of A Wizard's Forge. Kate Mara, Ricky Whittle, and Michael Fassbender, expect a call from your agent!
Author Interview with A.M. Justice: Parallel Paths Redux
Last week author JL Gribble and I chatted about her Steel Victory series. This week, I answer her questions about The Woern Saga. Check it out for my thoughts on the science in my fantasy, an excerpt from Wizard’s Forge, and hints of things to come in the next volume!
A few weeks ago, a lovely speculative fiction author contacted me out of the blue with an interesting proposal. She had stumbled across me on the Internet and thought it would be fun if we did a bit of cross-promotion since we had so much in common. She featured me with an interview on her blog and today I’m happy to return the favor! Check back here next Tuesday for my review of A.M. Justice’s excellent fantasy novel, A Wizard’s Forge.
How much do we have in common, exactly? Besides both being medical writer/editors and military brats, today we even discovered that we share the same wedding anniversary and are married to men with the same name!
As someone who also writes crazy genre-bending speculative fiction, I’m always interested in other author’s perspectives. What made you decide to introduce elements of science fiction in a story that could easily…
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A Wizard’s Forge by A.M. Justice
Many thanks to the Genre Minx for her thorough and thoughtful review of A Wizard's Forge. I'm thrilled to share it today!
September Blues
When you think about it, choice is probably the thing all of us want most out of life, and when facing certain death, perhaps choosing the manner of death is all we have left. A few years ago, I wrote a short story about the choice made by some fictional 9/11 victims. Hope is an important element of this story, and once a year, on this day, I share it.
That’s What Matters — Tatyana – 8/24/2016
My friend Tatyana is an admirable woman and a talented writer with things to say. Today she wrote with passion and vehemence about a topic that concerns us all, but on which she speaks with great authority.
August 24, 2016
Do you believe black lives matter?
Do you believe white lives matter?
Do you believe all lives matter?
Well, I’m here to tell you that your answers, be they affirmative or not, don’t matter. Why? Because those questions don’t matter. And since this is the case, no answer you give matters either. But why am I saying this?
I am a young black woman. Growing up in America, I have lived through thousands of mass shootings and hate crimes. Many I’ve never even heard about. Recently, however, I’ve become hyper-aware of them. It seems like every single day when I open my laptop and check my email, there’s another one in the news. Black man, armed or unarmed, shot and killed. A young black boy, shot and killed. While some focus on guns, others focus on race.
I focus on reactions.
There is emotion on both…
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The Problem with Male Protagonists
I, the proud feminist, surrounded my female protagonist with an all-male supporting cast of POV characters.
Book Review: The Ill-Kept Oath
A talking ring, rampaging trolls, and a secret society of mages and warriors all conspire to lure heroines Prudence and Josephine away from the typical and into the extraordinary. While Aune revels in the fanciful, she keeps her prose firmly grounded in the historical. Beautifully written in Austen-like language, the novel is filled with authentic details, from the delicate choreography of early waltzes to the gory horror of an amputation without anesthesia or antibiotics.
AM Justice 