First of all I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who took the time and submitted an entry (or more) to this competition, as well as to Mark Lawrence and Pen Astridge for their help in considering the submissions. The three winning entries of this competition are: ‘Jorg on the…
In the Self-Pub Fantasy Tavern: Dyrk Ashton
‘In the Self-Pub Fantasy Tavern’ is a new feature here on That Thorn Guy, aimed at introducing you to self-published fantasy authors deserving the spotlight by presenting a piece of their writing every now and then. Please welcome the first of them in the series, SPFBO finalist DYRK ASHTON: . Hello everyone! I’m Dyrk Ashton,…
Red Sister Art Contest
This post is to announce a fan art contest with entries featuring characters from any Mark Lawrence novels. The three best entries will receive an Advance Reading Copy of Mark Lawrence’s highly anticipated new novel: RED SISTER provided as prize for this competition by ACE Books A random winner will also receive a signed…
Second Birthday Giveaway Winners and a Few Additional Thoughts on your Comments
Many thanks to everyone who have entered the give-away and provided much valued feedback on the site. I read the comments carefully and will do my best to comply with as many wishes as I can. I hope you’ve already found the interview with Mark interesting in the meantime, with additional personal stories and little…
That Thorn Guy Second Birthday Interview with Mark Lawrence
It’s been a year since my last interview with you and a lot has happened during this year. I can think of several good things as far as your work is concerned. What were your highlights? It’s been a busy year. My first complete calendar year as a full-time writer. Let me make a list!…
That Thorn Guy Second Birthday Giveaway
That Thorn Guy will celebrate its second birthday next Wednesday, 25th January 2017! Gosh, this went fast! I can’t believe I’ve been running this site for two years now, but here it is. If you follow my posts you know that I’ve been experimenting with all sorts of Mark Lawrence related things, news, interviews, various…
The Broken Empire – Limited Omnibus Edition from Grim Oak Press
. If you’ve been following Mark on social media you already know that a limited omnibus edition of his first three books, Prince, King and Emperor of Thorns has been produced by Grim Oak Press. A lettered edition of only 52 copies has already been sold out, but there are still some of the limited…
Favourite Fantasy Reads Giveaway – Winner announcement
Once again, thank you very much to everyone who took the time to enter and commented with their favourite fantasy reads this year. Mark has written a little blog post about the results – which you can read on his blog. I have also asked him to select a random entry and can now…
Author Puzzle: Solution and Winners Announcement
First of all, thank you once again to the eight authors who contributed to this great story and to everyone who took the the time to enter. I appreciate that it was a difficult contest and hope that you still enjoyed it! Out of the 81 entries received 4 contestants guessed half of the…
Three shades of Red
In case you haven’t heard the US cover for Red Sister (First Book in the Book of the Ancestor trilogy) was revealed this Monday over at Fantasy-Faction. Feast your eyes upon the beautiful artwork by Bastien Lecouff Deharme, the finalised cover after the designers at Ace Books did some work on it, and finally the Nendo-Cover-Art…
