Naming your fantasy world can be a challenge, especially if you’re creating an epic story. There are not just characters, you may have to name places, animals, plants, magic systems, incantations… the list goes on. Here’s a quick guide for worldbuilders who need help naming their fantasy world.
Ever had a moment where you loved the overall idea of your scene or blog post but hated the way it was worded? No matter how long you stared at the page- moving sentences, adding and deleting words- you couldn’t figure out a way to fix it. I’ve been writing and rewriting a blog post…
Almost finished the world map and the new map of Jael. I just need to add darker boundary lines. Jael is the main province (land) in the series. Book 1, The Sciell, was set in only two places- De’Ray and Raesul. The characters didn’t care about the rest of the land. In Books 2 and 3,…
Thanks to Diane Carlisle’s suggestion on my last mythical creature post, here’s another awesome character to inspire your world-building efforts. Stories of her are popular in Russia, Poland, Czec Republic and Slovakia. “The name of Baba Yaga is composed of two elements. Baba means “grandmother” or “old woman” in most Slavic languages… Yaga is probably a…
I created three images for my book. This isn’t the cover- more like an image to represent the entire series. Should’ve stopped at one though. Now, I don’t know which one to use. I love them all equally. Let me know which one you like. The image with the most votes wins. Thanks! The Serpent…
I’ve been having like a nerd- week. It’s awesome. In the post, “Writing is About Giving Your Blood” (TAP!), I said I attended a publishing conference in Orlando. There, I won a year subscription to Adobe Creative Suite. I was like okay- I’d never won anything. This is cool. I didn’t realize what this actually…
I know naming comes with the job description but man, is it difficult. It’s harder than writing the story and editing it. When creating a world, you sometimes need a new name for everything- cities, villages, races, stores, houses, rooms, professions- everything. On top of that, you can’t name your characters something normal without a…
