Sorin, the dead land. The province no one visits unless their desperate or corrupt. Years ago, I created 7 maps for my Merging Worlds series. In Book 2: Chains of the Sciell, characters started mentioning places in overseas lands. It was time to include a world map in the book. I created each land…
Title: Creators of Darkness (Merging Worlds Series 3.5) Author: Auden Johnson Genre: Dark Fantasy Summary They gave darkness life It’s a living power, made good or bad depending on who wields it. This energy lives in darkness, night and shadows. It grows in those hidden areas within you. The parts you don’t want anyone…
A dark fantasy world where residents are dying from hunger. They’re desperate to devour the energy in Darkness. They’ll even destroy their own world to do it. … No animals greeted Hayan as he strolled. Branches didn’t bend to welcome him. Everything was still as if his forest died standing up. Leaves glowed purple but…
Before the world ended, Cayden was the center of technological advancement. Now, it’s a paradise for only a select few. It’s a story parents tell their children to distract them from the living nightmares. For my Merging Worlds series, Books 1-3 take place entirely on Jael. Characters mention other provinces but they don’t visit them…
Writing and designing is work but it’s also relaxing. Often times, I’ll make a map or write a story purely for fun. Inspiration has been raining down. I have so many ideas. I have to figure out how or even if I put any effort behind them. While listening to The Creative Penn podcast episode Author…
Oh, technology. Sometimes I want to murder this computer. This post is super short so it should’ve taken me no time to write. Plans, even small ones, rarely go as envisioned. My computer wouldn’t connect to the internet. When I ran the troubleshooter, it said there was something wrong with my router. But, my other…
I’ve wanted to make this blog audenjohnson.com instead of audenstreasury.blogspot.com for a while now. I was hesitant because I didn’t want to lose all the traffic I worked 6 years to gain. But, articles showed I could change the URL in a way that when people went to the blogpsot address they’d be directed to audenjohnson.com. I officially changed the…
Christmas snuck up on me. Anyone else feel like that? I can’t believe it’s next week. I haven’t even done my New York tradition. I usually take an evening to walk from 34th to 57th Street, enjoying the Macy’s windows and then the light show on Saks Fifth Avenue. Just walking up 5th Avenue at night during…
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 take a step back, way back. To the beginning. Where did the power come from. Or, who did they come from. This goes beyond the magical beings in your story. Why does power…
You have an idea for your awesomely new power system. Now we’re going to discuss writing magical beings. In the last post, Fantasy Powers: How Ideas Are Born, I touched on determining who would be using the power. Diving deeper into this will help make your new power system more believable. You have a magical…
