Tag: YA fantasy series

Drafting is Done! ✨ Heart of the Worlds, Book 3

A fantasy-themed promotional image for Faeries Don’t Hide (Heart of the Worlds, Book 3) by T.F. Burke. The book stands upright with an ornate red and gold cover. In the background, a glowing astrolabe, a blue pegasus, and a silhouette of a faery appear in a misty forest. A wererat peeks from behind the book with a dagger. Three characters—two young men and one young woman—stand in front, the story’s protagonists.

Typing “The End” on Book 3—Faeries Don’t Hide—was both exhilarating and surreal. The draft is raw and sprawling, full of messy magic, betrayals, and battles, but now comes the revision stage where the story is refined into something luminous.

Meet Q’thonos: The Mad Wizard of the Pardonway

Fantasy banner for Faeries Don’t Hide by TF Burke, featuring the book cover in a magical forest with a young man, a blue faery, and a sword-wielding girl. Ornate gold borders frame the image.

There’s always one in every tale—a wizard in the woods. A figure cloaked in rumor, layered in mystery, and just dangerous enough to make you wonder if the stories are true. In Faeries Don’t Hide, that figure is Q’thonos. And no, he does not appreciate being interrupted. Q’thonos lives deep in the southern stretch of […]