In my current work in progress, Kingdom of the Lion, I have been getting very involved in writing the tale of Pryad as he turns from a powerless street urchin from the dark alleys of Ur into something else much more powerful. But in doing so, I’ve found some not-at-all-useful historical maps of the FertileContinue reading “How to make a map using Inkarnate”
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How I Created a Magic System in Six Easy Steps
As part of my avoidance strategies to prevent myself from finishing my manuscript in a reasonable amount of time – ahem – I mean as part of my research – I stumbled across an article form the Well-Storied blog. (link at the bottom of the post). The article was really well written and made meContinue reading “How I Created a Magic System in Six Easy Steps”
How J K Rowling Describes a Character
He had a lighting bolt scar on his head, with messy hair and thick glasses fixed in the middle with sellotape. I didn’t look in a book or online for that description, I drew it from my memory whole as a description on Harry Potter. When you think about it, that is pretty amazing. IContinue reading “How J K Rowling Describes a Character”
An Essay of Consequence
Cluck the image below and read the article – September Fawkes has done an excellent job in this article about stakes in scenes and fiction. Reading it, I felt intense jealousy over the fact that I hadn’t thought of it first. The way she has parsed the ideas has made me reevaluate my own worksContinue reading “An Essay of Consequence”
A Primer for World Building Basics
World building is one of the essential skills of a fantasy writer. And yet, it can often cause so many problems: from issues with overwriting the world to inconsistent construction to terrible tropes in world building. I pulled five videos from various YouTube channels that I have found to be useful in not just understandingContinue reading “A Primer for World Building Basics”
Lore
MYTHS, LEGENDS AND GODS – Terrible Writing Advice One of the many Youtube Channels to which I subscribe is Terrible Writing Advice. The videos are always on point, funny and have a charm that I can’t help but like. And the most recent video released is very pertinent to a current project: The Kingdom ofContinue reading “Lore”
Imagine Erratically 