January 8, 2014July 21, 2020Uncategorized World Building: The Feel of a Name What do these city names have in common? Nagoya Koshigaya Sapporo Okayama You may not know they’re in Japan, but by the […] Read more
December 20, 2013July 21, 2020Uncategorized Fantasy Maps: The World You need to know every part of your world even if it’s not in the story. I started working on the world […] Read more
December 18, 2013July 21, 2020Uncategorized Fantasy Powers: The Rules Everything has rules- even a power system. This goes along with the having a weakness aspect I mentioned in Fantasy Powers: Magical […] Read more
December 16, 2013July 29, 2021Writing Advice Writing Post-Apocalyptic Stories I mentioned a while ago that I was getting another Masters. This time in Publishing: Digital and Print. Well, last week was finals. […] Read more
December 6, 2013July 21, 2020Uncategorized Fantasy Maps: Forests and Boundaries You know those moments when you just feel silly and you’re glad no one knew about your mistake? We’ll I’m gonna share […] Read more
December 4, 2013July 21, 2020Uncategorized Fantasy Powers: The Origin Story You’re magical beings have been having their way with their powers and enjoying themselves…at least until those side effect kick in. Let’s […] Read more
November 27, 2013July 29, 2021Fantasy World Building, Fantasy Writing Tips, World Building Template Fantasy Powers: Writing Magical Beings You have an idea for your awesomely new power system. Now we’re going to discuss writing magical beings. In the last post, […] Read more
November 22, 2013July 21, 2020Uncategorized Fantasy Maps: Mountains and Rivers Mapmaking is harder than I thought. But, it is fun. I so can’t wait for my new computer to get here. Using […] Read more
November 20, 2013July 29, 2021Fantasy World Building, Fantasy Writing Tips, Writing Advice Fantasy Powers: How Ideas Are Born What happened to the power? Fantasy stories today have a lot less magic. That’s fine. But, I like giving my characters special […] Read more
November 15, 2013July 21, 2020Uncategorized Fantasy Maps: Jael Being a dark fantasy writer is its own adventure. Mapmaking- what can I say? It has its good times. It has its […] Read more