May 12, 2017The Woven Ring Fantasy PlaylistNovel Playlists from Fantasy Novelists treats each fantasy novel like a feature film and encourages the author to put together their own...
May 10, 2017The Three Types of Conflict (and an Orgy!)As anyone who has ever planned either a successful story or orgy can attest, there’s a lot of things going in to making it enjoyable for...
May 1, 2017First Scavenger Hunt! (Cthulhu)I’m sure we all can agree that pirates are the best thing ever in the whole wide world, in no small part due to their treasure maps. So...
Apr 27, 2017Fantasy BBQ SaucesIt is a proverb that every serious pitmaster lives by that truly great barbecue does not require a sauce. But like most cooking proverbs...
Apr 24, 2017An Ode to The Blood of HeroesIt’s recently come to my attention that, as much as a closet nerd as she is, my wife is woefully unaware of some real fantasy/ sci-fi...
Apr 11, 2017Dwarf or Elf: Best Fantasy RaceFantasy books and RPGs are awash in strange races, ranging from the standard centar to the more esoteric orcling, but in most books the...
Apr 5, 2017The Best Writing Advice I Got From Neil GaimanI usually assume that anyone reading these posts either knows me personally, is new to the internet and therefore stuck in this little...
Apr 3, 2017On Dialogue, Part Two: Exposition and SubtextLast time we examined the three components of good dialogue, which is incredibly difficult to do no matter your medium. We all speak/...
Mar 29, 2017The Three (Major) Schools of Fantasy BBQWe at Bugbear BBQ consider ourselves jacks of all trades as we seamlessly swim from one school of barbecue to the next to derive the best...
Mar 23, 2017Belle VS Snow White: Worst Disney PrincessHere we are for our third installment, and as we all know from the comedic rule of three, we need to mix things up for the gag to work....