A couple of weeks ago, I released Building Dark Worlds: A World Building Guide. It’s a collection of blog posts. Let’s go through the process of how this book came about. Collect Content I went through all my blog posts collecting the most popular ones on world building. Fortunately, I tag all my post so…
Building Dark Worlds: A World Building Guide is supposed to be available today. It is but it’s having some technical difficulties. -For some reason, the Amazon listing doesn’t have a cover image. The book cover meets all the requirements. I don’t know what went wrong. Amazon is looking into it. They said they’ll have an…
October is one of my favorite months. NY Comic Con is in a couple of weeks. The weather’s not too hot or too cold. The leaves change colors. More importantly, it’s a whole month for celebrating horror. I have some fun things planned for you. Newsletter You probably noticed that new image near the top…
In Part 1, we covered the different ways your character’s power can grow. Let’s dive deeper into that. What does leveling up look like. It’s the same as trying to figure out what your child character will be like when they’re an adult later in the book or series. So many factors contribute to the…
It’s time for another look behind the cover. My first non-fiction book Building Dark Worlds: A World Building Guide will be released in October. The cover presented a new challenged. I knew I wanted to use this image. I’m gathering my posts about #worldbuilding to turn them into an ebook #amwriting #darkfantasy http://t.co/K8TusX1NEu pic.twitter.com/ECiCKY4m5M — Auden Johnson (@audendj)…
I love, love dark stories. I love horror. I love those authors that aren’t afraid to go there. The pure good guys are boring. I need an anti-hero- a character with some sass and some questionable morals. Throw in some gore, set the story in a fantasy world and I am there. Dark is not…
