Evil Characters (and how to breed them)
Because in the end you want the bad guy to die not because he’s evil, but because he’s such a damn cliché. Bad guys these days always seem to share the same DNA: Troubled past,
Category: Writing
Tomorrow Lad and the Blundering Troll
Behold! Casimir’s Numinous Elixir of Industrious Displacement which can…I mean it enables you to…
Whatever. I’ll tell you tomorrow, lad.
Everything but the lingering thought of you.
I can’t see you, I have no eyes.
I can’t hear you, I have no ears.
I can’t touch you.
I can’t remember you.
I can’t love you.
The void has taken everything from me.
Everything but the lingering thought of you.
Of Authors and their Egos
A writer’s life is all about being larger than it. So you’re an indie author, right? Well congrats, pat on the shoulder and get in line with the others. Good luck for your whatever fiction/nonfiction.
The Man who Created Languages
An insight into J.R.R. Tolkien’s many invented languages. Before you read any further, let’s see if you know the answer to this question: How many languages did Tolkien imagine were spoken in his fictional world?
Writing Simulation Theory Sci-Fi
The science and logic of the simulation theory behind Matrix type novels. Ever since the Wachowski brothers’ film, “The Matrix” and the nearly contemporary albeit wildly less-successful flick “The 13th Floor”, the idea of us
Realistic Magic Systems
Guest Post by Joanna White For those of you who want to make or develop a magic system but aren’t quite sure where to start, it’s a lot easier than it seems at first. Maybe
Poem: Tethered
A poem by Ian Lahey Tethered to machines, self-confined, our means refined to data streams, a vital glitch from chair to screen our dreaming bodies left behind. In ocean worlds of words and vision unbound
To Blog or not to Blog.
How I set up my own author presence on the Web, wth a little help from the experts. Being an author is not just about writing books. I mean, it should be, and you should
Cartography for Noobs
Map making software for authors. Just back from a web-wide search for a decent cartography app. I scoured the web and lo! I came up with not one, but three cool options! The first two