The Dragon Gate (The Dragon Gate Series, #1) is now scheduled for release on December 1, 2020. I hired a conlanger to create the magic system language and I just got my first sneak peak the other day. It is Read More …
Author: Rand
World Building Webinar Replay
If you missed the first World Building Webinar, the replay is now live! Here’s what we covered, with time stamps to jump to the relevant parts: – Organizing world building notes – https://youtu.be/ZkAnT8KzHgY?t=22 – Do I start top down or Read More …
YouTube Channel Launch
I’m excited to announce the launch of my YouTube channel for world building. The first video is the channel intro, which you can watch here. It talks about my experiences, endorsements, and is an overview of what you can expect from Read More …
New Book(s) in 2020
The headline is slightly misleading, as The Dragon Gate was written over a decade ago, but the book is scheduled to be published in fall of 2020. I’ll be reviewing it soon and doing the usual activities: ordering a cover, Read More …
Writing Update
For those of you following my fiction writing, I’m sad to say I haven’t been doing it much for a few years now but am returning to it in 2020. I didn’t know when I released The Ever Fiend in Read More …
185 Tips Book Published
Subscribers to The Art of World Building newsletter receive world building tips in their inbox (along with downloadable templates), but now you can have them all in one place in a new, short book, 185 Tips on World Building. This Read More …
30,000+ Downloads!
You guys are amazing! Just a year after reaching 10k and six months after 20k, I’m up to 30k in downloads! I thought things would slow with me not releasing new episodes most of this year, but I guess not! Read More …
Vol 5 Published
Volume 5 in The Art of World Building series has been published! More information on Creating Places – The Podcast Transcripts can be found at the official site. It’s a collection of transcripts from the world building podcast, and each Read More …
Vol 4 Released
I’ve published another volume in The Art of World Building series, but it’s not the highly anticipated volume three, Cultures and Beyond. It’s a book of transcripts of podcast episodes, most of which were based on volume one. As a Read More …
WBU Launch Giveaway!
In celebration of the launch of World Building University (WBU) in the coming weeks, I’m doing a giveaway tailored to world builders! If you’re not such a person yourself, forward this to any fantasy or sci-fi author, screenwriter, gamer, game designer, or hobbyist Read More …