April 6, 2019
Cats, owls, rats, and various other creatures have appeared in novels and stories as magical companions. You might even slide spirit animals under this definition, for the sake of fantasy worldbuilding.
Category: The A-Zs of Worldbuilding
The original 26 themes for building a world from scratch.
April 5, 2019
With the advance of technology, it’s easy to feel a disconnect from the natural world. In some ways, that can make the natural elements seem more mystical.
April 4, 2019
Let’s take a few minutes and talk about magical creatures! Just because you have mythological creatures in your story world doesn’t mean that they have to be magical. Additionally, we’ll discuss the concept of magical companion animals in a couple days.
April 3, 2019
Visiting for the first time? Make sure to read the introduction to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding Magic Systems! The Power of Words Fantasy and mythology is full of examples of different types of curses, and indeed, a world with magic almost always has the challenge of a curse that must be broken or prevented. Sleeping…
April 2, 2019
Visiting for the first time? Make sure to read the introduction to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding Magic Systems! If You Just Believe… There is power in belief. When you know something as Truth, even if it doesn’t resonate for anyone else, it changes your world. When something requires belief, though, it can quickly overlap with…
April 1, 2019
Visiting for the first time? Make sure to read the introduction to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding Magic Systems! Magic in the Air If your world doesn’t have some sort of magic in it, it wouldn’t be fantasy, even if it’s subtle and almost invisible. Calling a work ‘fantasy’ means that something unexplainable is different from…
March 31, 2019
Hello there! So… tomorrow kicks off the 2019 A-Z Blogging Challenge. Those of you who have been with me for a while know that this challenge is what gave birth to my book, The A-Zs of Worldbuilding. If you saw the theme reveal a couple of weeks ago, then you know that this year I’m…
March 18, 2019
Several years ago (2014), I participated in the A-Z Blogging Challenge. It wasn’t my first time to do it, but my first participation in the event was on another blog, a very long time ago (2012, apparently). For 2014, I decided my theme for the A-Z Challenge would be worldbuilding, and WOW I had no…
September 30, 2017
It’s launch day for The A-Zs of Worldbuilding! I can’t believe it’s already here! If you’ve missed any of the blog tour stops this week, you can find all them here. Today is THE last day to take advantage of the 99¢ offer on the ebook, and to get 25% off the paperback when you…
September 22, 2017
I’m not sure where September has gone. I mean, there’s a whole week of it left, but… where did the first three weeks go? I didn’t get a blog post out for it, because the end of last week and the beginning of this week I just needed a break, but the ebook of The…
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