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Art of World Building Covers

As you can see from the home page, all three covers for The Art of World Building have been finalized!  There's…

9 years ago

Plans for 2016

Since my plans change a lot, maybe I shouldn't say anything, but I've got a solid plan right now and…

9 years ago

Tales of Talon Stories

I've invented a new character to use in a series of adventure yarns, his first name being Talon.  He's a…

9 years ago

Map Making

I've been making a map of a continent for the past two weeks and can't seem to stop working on…

9 years ago

Book Covers Commissioned

For The Art of World Building three-volume set, I've hired an artist to create all three book covers.  I'll see their first versions…

9 years ago

Art of World Building Vol 2

I've been hard at work on Creating Places (The Art of World Building, Volume II) for the past two months, authoring…

10 years ago

Author’s Shouldn’t Try to Be Funny in Their Bios

There's a lot of advice on how to write a professional author bio, and here's mine: don't try to be funny…

10 years ago

Art of World Building Update

I've done a lot of writing for The Art of World Building this past month, including completed chapters on creating monsters,…

10 years ago

World Building Interview

Another fantasy author who does world building, John Robin, interviewed me this week on his blog. Stop by and see…

10 years ago

Evaluating Artist Feedback, Part 2

This is part two of the blog about evaluating feedback on your writing or other artistic pursuits. Read part 1…

10 years ago