SO. This is my 100th blog post here on the ‘new’ blog! (Which is also now 7 months old. I think.) Woohoo! This is also my second post in the Picking Their Brains feature. And I have plans for more, bwahahaha! Okay, but seriously moving on…
I debated long and hard about doing an A-Z Reflections post, and… my weekend fizzled out before it even begun, it feels like. I can say that I’m insanely proud of the fact that, while this is my 2nd time to participate in A-Z, this is my FIRST time to complete it in a timely…
Stopping by for the first time for the A-Z Challenge? Read a short intro to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding here! Animals serve many purposes. They are a vital part of the ecosystem, they offer companionship, and they can be sources of food. And creating animals can honestly be one of the most fun parts of…
Stopping by for the first time for the A-Z Challenge? Read a short intro to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding here! I have my last A-Z post up at the Ferret blog today! Go check out Does YA Fiction Make Too Many Excuses for Young Adults? The establishment of future generations is the foundation of every…
Stopping by for the first time for the A-Z Challenge? Read a short intro to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding here! Xenial (once again, courtesy of The Phrontistery) means of or concerning hospitality toward guests. Hospitality in worldbuilding – even fiction – isn’t something you necessarily think about until you need it in a story. For…
Somehow it’s the end of April. I don’t know how. This month has zipped by. I won’t lie… it’s been a hectic month. Not of all it bad, not all of it good, but steady for the most part.
Stopping by for the first time for the A-Z Challenge? Read a short intro to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding here! For once, I am writing this post mere hours before it needs to go up. Yes, I have run out of pre-written and scheduled posts for A-Z. At least there’s only four posts left, including…
Stopping by for the first time for the A-Z Challenge? Read a short intro to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding here! Living is fine, but beauty is what captivates us. There’s a reason why dystopian fiction has very little beauty in the setting of the worlds – because they’re conveying hopelessness, and discouragement. Extreme beauty can…
If you are here for the Christian Science Fiction & Fantasy blog tour, that post is here. Stopping by for the first time for the A-Z Challenge? Read a short intro to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding here! In fiction, ‘universe’ has typically come to mean the setting of a certain story with a certain set…