How to Work with Time in a Fantasy World

Time is probably not what you think about when it comes to designing your fantasy world. However, time determines a whole lot in the world and it’s something worth thinking about. How do we measure time? This was something that hadn’t occurred to me when I set out to...

Food in Fantasy: Adding Flavour to Fantasy Worldbuilding

During this global pandemic, the availability of food has been on my mind a lot. Among many other things of course, but food is often on my mind anyway. With panic buying (I know half of you aren’t even using that flour to make bread so put it back), disruptions in...

What We Can Take From Travel Inspiration When Writing Fantasy

So, your first question may be – what the hell has travelling in this world got to do with the fantasy world I’m building from scratch? Can you really use travel inspiration when writing when your novel is set in a world that doesn’t really exist? Well, I firmly...

A Review of The Witcher: Is It Worth Watching?

Like many people over the festive period, I binge-watched The Witcher. It wasn’t hard. There was a surprisingly small number of episodes and I had some time on my hands. So today, I wanted to put together a little review of The Witcher to share my thoughts on the...

How Big Should Your Fantasy World Be?

What is one thing a lot of epic fantasy novels have? Enormous worlds that take years or even decades to build. I love fantasy world-building and big worlds with endless details. I really appreciate the work people go to, to bring these make-believe places to life....