Oct 14, 2020The Importance of CharactersA few nights ago I finished the last episode of Schitt’s Creek, a show that I loved enough that I used a scene from as my exemplar to...
Sep 3, 2020Bottom-Up Worldbuilding WorksheetNote: This is a counterpoint to my previous post, Top-Down Worldbuilding Worksheet. Since planners and pantsers use exceedingly different...
Sep 2, 2020Top Down Worldbuilding Worksheet After speaking with some readers of 101 Worldbuilding Prompts as research for my greatly expanded how-to book Fantasy Worldbuilding...
Aug 11, 2020Worldbuilding For Fantasy Fans And AuthorsWell, it’s been a long three+ years to get to here. Or it will have been in two days when this book finally comes out. As I discuss in...
Aug 4, 2020Fantasy Worldbuilding Survey Results (pt 2)This is a continuation of my last post on worldbuilding survey results. As I said last time, the respondents mostly came from...
Jul 17, 2020Fantasy Worldbuilding Survey ResultsAt last, the post at least three people have been waiting for (if I count myself. Twice). Time to see what all the fuss has been about as...
Jun 9, 2020Free Book, New Book, and TV ShowWhat, a second blog post in as many months? It must mean something’s brewing, and indeed that’s the case. As I said last time, I have not...
May 3, 2020The Worldbuilding PivotWell, it’s been a while. So long, in fact, that I feel guilty. Not that anyone reads this, mind you, but guilty in that I haven’t been...
Jan 13, 2020New Year, New Room, Same Old ShitI was going to start this post off with the old joke about how if you play a country record backwards you get your dog back, your job...
Dec 5, 2019Heroes Wanted: A Fantasy AnthologySo, I’m apart of this here anthology, Heroes Wanted: A Fantasy Anthology, which is pretty darn cool. No, now that I think about it, I...