Picture yourself in a French bistro, coffee in hand, thick notebook on the table, looking out to the sea. Around you is the sound of everyday life, busy and relaxing at the same time. What if you could capture this moment? I don’t mean in a photograph. Anyone can take...
Hello all! I’m back from an unintended month-long rest. The main reason I haven’t been blogging is that I’ve been concentrating on something else for the past 30 days. This month I did the same thing that thousands of other writers did around the world –...
Religion – never has there been such a divisive topic in the world. I’ve already talked about featuring religion in your fantasy world building. In today’s post I wanted to discuss the darker side of religion – the side that causes conflict. Conflict is at...
Religion is a huge part of the world we live in (whether we like it or not). So, when it comes to building your own fantasy world, the chances are religion is going to feature. But doesn’t creating a whole religious system from scratch seem a bit daunting? Yeah it...
In our quest to build fantasy worlds, there’s a lot of trial and error. Mostly error if I’m being honest. We all get things wrong before we can get them right. Sometimes we never get them right, but today I’m going to talk about how it doesn’t always matter....
