This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. Also, in conjunction with the CSFF Blog Tour, I received a free copy of The Shock of Night from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. There is always a moment, when you first read an author’s work and fall in love with it, that you hesitate to pick…
I only have one universe currently that lends itself well to the concept of pets, and that is Blood of Trees (which I haven’t touched in over a year, wow).
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Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you all had an excellent weekend, especially since Valentine’s Day was Saturday. Hubby and I had a quiet holiday ourselves. We spent most of it outdoors getting garden beds prepped, and then bought dinner and rented a movie, since neither of us wanted to tackle the crowds that were surely…
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…
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…
