Blog about books

A complete index of every post on the Fictionate.me blog — writing craft, self-publishing, serialized fiction and reading recommendations, listed alphabetically with summaries and jump links by letter.

Ten historical romances worth reading, from Georgette Heyer to Evie Dunmore, and why a genre built on constraint reads so well a chapter at a time.

Ten epic fantasy books and series worth the commitment, from The Lord of the Rings to The Priory of the Orange Tree, and why the form rewards reading a chapter at a time.

Ten dungeon core and dungeon crawl LitRPG books and web serials worth reading, from The Divine Dungeon to Solo Leveling, and why the descent suits serial release.

There’s nothing more heart-wrenching than watching a character sacrifice themselves for the greater good. Here are ten self-sacrificial characters in fiction.

Do you like your love stories with a dash of the supernatural? Well, you’re in luck! Get ready to fall in love with these seven paranormal romances.

If you want to post your story as you write, here are 3 of the best places to publish your book online chapter by chapter.

Flash fiction stories generally have to be 2k words or less, which can be tough to pull off. Here are fifteen great flash fiction stories.

Serial fiction lives or dies on chapter endings. Here are five cliffhanger patterns that consistently outperform the generic "to be continued."

Pilots and opening chapters do the same job under different attention currencies. Three pilots, three craft moves you can use in chapter one.