Lots of free reads for the holidays! Don’t hold back – and gift a friend.
World Building: The End
How is writing “The End” just the beginning?
World Building: Possessions
Possessions – do you own them, or do they own you? Tools or trophies? Status symbol or frippery? How people acquire and use or adore their possessions can tell the reader many things about the character – their background, current
World Building: Comfort
What brings comfort to characters? A world building blog for writers of scifi, fantasy, historical fiction and romance.
World Building: Games
How do games fit into a novel? A world building blog for writers of scifi, fantasy, romance and historical fiction.
The Organized Author
Let the Organized Author help you get back your precious writing time.
World building: Underground
Underground environments are both common work places for some, a place to explore, or a fragile ecosystem that can kill a human. A perfect place to set a story! In this category I include mining, natural cave systems and geysers.
Making a hero
Often we read to escape- but sometimes we find ourselves. In genre fiction, the novels of science fiction, fantasy and historical authors build a world where readers can travel to imaginary worlds, marvel and be lost to the present day.
World building: Downtime
Summer holidays last forever, especially if you are a child – or indeed a parent. Weeks and weeks of sun drenched days with no planned activities. Sounds marvelous? But how are these to read about? Endless descriptions of sunsets or
Time travel, scifi and 2018
How was 2018 for you? I hope it was a year when you got some things done, and enjoyed the process. I thought instead of more world building at a time of year when everyone is too inebriated/tired/shopped out, I’ll