I often listen to music (film soundtracks, etc) and take breaks to read if the creative well is running dry. My method changes a lot depending on the book and the circumstances I’m writing it in! But generally, I write every morning for 3-4 hours. Tell us a little something about your writing process – do you have a certain method? Do you find music helps? Give us a glimpse into your world! Both books stand alone with self-contained stories and will be followed by Barrow of Winter, coming January 17th, 2023, and a fourth installment January 2024! Temple of No God picks up the story ten years later and follows our priestess, Hessa, as she poses as a mercenary in a crumbling empire and vies to control the vast power at its heart. Hall of Smoke is an atmospheric Viking-inspired fantasy with cinematic action, meddling gods in the flesh, warring clans and an indomitable warrior priestess protagonist. Thanks so much for having me! Absolutely, I can. Thank you for joining in on our Women in SFF feature! Can you tell our readers about your books, Hall of Smoke, and the sequel, Temple of No God please?

She also writes fantasy set in the 18th century, Edwardian period and science fiction. Hannah is the author of numerous books, including HALL OF SMOKE, TEMPLE OF NO GOD, and the upcoming BARROW OF WINTER. She inhabits a ramshackle cabin in Ontario with her husband and dog, however she can often be spotted snooping about European museums or wandering the Alps. And they’re about to wake up.Hannah M Long is a Canadian fantasy author who loves history, hiking, and exploring the world. Bigger, older powers slumber beneath the surface of her world. Thrust into a battle between the gods of the Old World and the New, Hessa realizes there is far more on the line than securing a life beyond her own death. Soon Hessa’s trust in her goddess weakens with every unheeded prayer. But her journey reveals a harrowing truth: the gods are dying and the High Halls of the afterlife are fading. As clans from the north and legionaries from the south tear through her homeland, slaughtering everyone in their path Hessa strives to win back her goddess’ favour.īeset by zealot soldiers, deceitful gods, and newly-awakened demons at every turn, Hessa burns her path towards redemption and revenge. Grieving and alone, Hessa – the last Eangi – must find the traveller and atone for her weakness and secure her place with her loved ones in the High Halls. While she is gone, raiders raze her village and obliterate the Eangi priesthood. Banished for disobeying her goddess’s command to murder a traveller, she prays for forgiveness alone on a mountainside. Hessa is an Eangi: a warrior priestess of the Goddess of War, with the power to turn an enemy’s bones to dust with a scream. Epic fantasy featuring warrior priestesses and fickle gods at war, for readers of Brian Staveley’s Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne.

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