SFF fiction often starts from a seed, a kernel of an idea and then grows into something rich and strange. That seed might be a snatch of a song, a glimpsed landscape, a dream, an unexpected encounter – it will vary from writer to writer but from such small beginnings, engrossing and captivating stories evolve!

I’m delighted to welcome back Susie Williamson to the Guest Blog on January 23rd as she looks back to the genesis of her fantasy series Blood Gift Chronicles. Join her to learn more about her novels and to read an extract from The Warder!