What do these city names have in common? Nagoya Koshigaya Sapporo Okayama You may not know they’re in Japan, but by the sound of them and the fact that they’re cities, you know they’re in East Asia. What about? NairobiMombasaKisumu Kitale Again, you don’t have to know what country they’re a part of. By the…
Happy New Year! I’ve got some big things coming up this year. Aubey LLC, my publisher and boss, will be at the American Library Association Conference. I’ll be there too- helping out with the booth. My first novel, The Sciell, will be released March 10! Book signing at BEA Publishing more short stories If all…
You need to know every part of your world even if it’s not in the story. I started working on the world map- a digital version of this: And, it did not turn out the way I wanted it to. I mean it is tragic. I won’t even share it with you. But, making Jael…
Everything has rules- even a power system. This goes along with the having a weakness aspect I mentioned in Fantasy Powers: Magical Beings. If your powerful characters can do anything without any consequences, they will be boring and unrealistic. For my series, I listed the rules for my beings. I wrote it like I was…
