Joel Martin is an Australian-based fantasy writer & freelance editor based out of Melbourne, Australia but originally hailing from Wanganui, New Zealand. Along with traditional fiction Joel dabbles in the unusual world of video game writing and critique. His love of the fantasy genre spans from sword & sorcery to epic fantasy and he is currently working on a weird fiction novel. He is the host of the Morning Bell Podcast a monthly literary podcast & the current director of Speculate. You can follow him on his twitter @thepenofjoelhe also hopes to make sketches of the characters, the landscape, and the natural environment, which will be used for the illustrative works.