Writing
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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 ... -
High Resolution: Worldbuilding and the Small Details
I have a fascination with the metal buttons on pay phones, the pixels on old Zenith televisions, the writing on IV drip bags, and the lettering ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
How to Self-Publish; or, We Should Be Writing
This one has been bubbling up for a while… Over the last few months, various discussions have erupted around the subject of self-publishing, specifically how it ...