You have a world, you have people to inhabit your world, and you know how the world affects the people. Now you get to find out what capabilities those people have through fantasy technology and/or magic in their day-to-day lives. Continue reading “Discovering Your World: Technology and Magic”
Tag: Fantasy
Character Interview: Catessa Regan & Tiberius Alister
I’ve interviewed Tiberius before, but apparently not Catessa. That’s interesting. I’ll have to fix that soon. But anyway, today I’m going to interview the two of them together, as a couple. I really enjoyed diving back into The Last Assassin, and their relationship. They’re so much fun together and they’re so close to #relationshipgoals for me. XD I hope you enjoy their interview as much as I did! Continue reading “Character Interview: Catessa Regan & Tiberius Alister”
Discovering Your World: Developing Fantasy Races
When you think “fantasy races,” chances are you think elves and dwarves, but they’ve been done so much. (Says the author who has elves in almost every one of her fantasy worlds… *cough*) How do we break away from these generic races? How do we come up with something unique and original? That’s what we’re going to explore today. Continue reading “Discovering Your World: Developing Fantasy Races”
Cover Reveal: Healer’s Bane by Hope Ann
Hope Ann is preparing for another release, and I get to help show off the gorgeous cover for it!
First off, have a blurb:
Kynet hadn’t planned to be in the forefront of the rebellion. That was her brother’s hobby—rallying the people. Plotting against the leaders. Running into dangers she’d have to negotiate him out of.
That was before the Poisoner tried to kill her with many profuse apologies.
That was before she survived, her hands glowing with a strange power she didn’t understand.
With her new ability to heal, Kynet is convinced the rebellion will only doom them all. Taking the people’s pain on herself is a better and all-around safer way. After all, what is the comfort of one worth, compared to the others who can be saved?
Or will it matter at all as her brother lays plans to end the decades of fighting once and for all?
I’m already super excited to read about Kynet! And if the sibling dynamics are as good as they were in Shadowkeeper… I’m definitely sold on this one.
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Discovering Your World: Fantasy Map-Making
Some of you may remember the “Deep Worldbuild Project” that I did in January and February 2017, a blog post series which continues to consistently get traffic to this day. I thought it was time to revisit that series and update it with some of what I’ve learned in the past two years. I’m going to cover most of the same things I covered in the original series (map-making, how landscape affects culture, wildlife, technology and magic, religion, and history) but with some new additions. Instead of seven installments, the new series is going to have nine, including a guest post near the end by Kate Flournoy. And, obviously, I’m starting with fantasy map-making!
Before we get started, I feel obliged to mention that I’ll almost certainly be referencing World Anvil* a lot in this series. At the time of writing this series I was not paid to promote the tool; I’ve since become a part of their affiliate program, but I promote it because I truly appreciate it and think it’s super helpful and recommend that y’all try it out for yourselves as well. (Also, there’s a free version that includes the core features and then some, so you can learn how it works, experience it in almost its full functionality, and fall in love with it before committing to pay for extra features.)
Additionally, I may include affiliate links for other products/sites. These (and updated World Anvil links) will always be marked with an asterisk, and a little note at the beginning or end of the post will give a brief explanation that purchases made through affiliate links earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you.
With all the technicalities and explanations out of the way, let’s get into the good stuff!
I usually like to start my worlds with a map, or at least Continue reading “Discovering Your World: Fantasy Map-Making”