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Creating Fantasy Plants

In a previous post, I talked how in Chains of the Sciell: Book 2 of The Merging Worlds Trilogy, some people have left […]

Voices chase you. They come from everywhere. A cliff blocks your path. Your light explores the rocky surface. It shines on hundreds […]

In Chains of the Sciell, new villages/towns/communities have cropped up between book 1 and 2. I’m in the process of fleshing out […]

Blue Aura – remastered by PSDtech on deviantART What if only a few people saw the world the way you did? What […]

Image Credit: Cara Jane Mitten You always hear about werewolves. I didn’t know werehyenas existed. They sound far more interesting than the […]

How do manage the flow of time in a story with several POV characters doing different things? I touched on this in […]

When you’re coming up with a name for your fantasy characters, keep in mind what the reader is bringing with them. You […]

Clothing can also be a character in your fantasy world. What people wear says a lot about them. For instance, certain cultures […]

What do these city names have in common? Nagoya Koshigaya Sapporo Okayama You may not know they’re in Japan, but by the […]

You know I had to do this. It’s the last post of the year after all. We’re going to look back at […]