A few years back, I had the pleasure of participating in Mark Lawrence’s Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO) contest, which is one of the best resources around for readers who want to get into reading more indie fantasy books, but aren’t sure where to start. Every year, 300 authors enter their self-published fantasy books for judging. Those are divided between 10 teams of judges hand-picked by Mark Lawrence. Each judging team picks a favorite from their batch as their finalist, then every team reads and scores all 10 finalists in order to determine 1 champion. Many of the authors with books…