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  • BlogWorlds Within Worlds
    By T E Bakutis
    November 27, 2018
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    (Mostly) Unobtrusive Worldbuilding

    Infodumps are boring. Yet without them, how do you explain why your protagonist’s magic powers are so important? How do you explain why that particular monster ...
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  • Magic Fire and Ice (Stock Feature Image)
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    By Chris Mahon
    December 20, 2017
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    Magical Warfare

    Fallout taught fans that war…war never changes. Military historians, however, argue otherwise. Case in point: the stirrup. Before firearms dominated the battlefield, it’s generally agreed that ...
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  • BlogMagic and MayhemWorlds Within Worlds
    By Chris Mahon
    December 20, 2017
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    Qi and Fantasy

    Most people associate magic with strange symbols, chanting, and waving a wand around. Dusty books are usually in the picture, along with ritual circles or sacrifices. ...
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  • The Old Sorcerer by Vandrell
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    By Chris Mahon
    December 20, 2017
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    Wizards: Old Grey Beards

    If you ask someone on the street to name the first three wizards that come to mind, you’ll probably hear the names Gandalf, Merlin, and Dumbledore ...
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  • Morrowind (Feature)
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    By Chris Mahon
    November 6, 2017
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    Exploring Vvardenfell: How Morrowind Created an Immersive Secondary World

    Back in 2012, I was sitting with a group of fantasy writers at the PNWA conference in Seattle. Everyone had begun rolling off their favorite authors, ...
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  • Necronomicon (Feature)
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    By Chris Mahon
    November 5, 2017
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    The Necronomicon to the Nokizi: Creating Texts For Secondary Worlds

    Writing in-world texts offers an anchor for characters, readers, and authors—when everyone is working off the same information, there’s a sense of immersion and verisimilitude, that ...
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