Ah yes. The tried and true monster of the night. Vampires. I'm sure we all know the basics and while I could find resources and go on at length about them, I wanted to take a look at a few of the common traits and then how you can sort of play with them. Personally … Continue reading Vampires
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WW – The Comma
Welcome to another Wordy Wednesday. I came across this topic a few days ago and decided it would make a nice discussion point for today. Commas! The semi-bane of my existence. That being said, the author / blogger who I am borrowing tidbits from can be found in the links below. She gives a better … Continue reading WW – The Comma
World Building – Characters
Welcome to another World Building Sunday. Thank you for joining me! I wasn't sure what I wanted to write about today but I just stumbled upon an interesting blog that talks about Character Building. When you're building your world, your characters aren't immediately relevant to that space, but you can certainly take inspiration from the … Continue reading World Building – Characters
Monstrous Monday – Wyverns
Welcome to another Monstrous Monday! Thank you for joining me! Today we're going to continue our dragon jaunt and take a look at Wyverns, the more commonly known beasties from today's entertainment and media. In all fairness, there is no historical or legitimate difference that I can see in respect to the terminology of a … Continue reading Monstrous Monday – Wyverns
World Building – Gods and Goddesses in Your Story
Welcome to another World Building Sunday! Thank you for joining me and reading along. ^_^ Today I'd like to dabble in the realm of the mystical, holy, potentially unholy, and divine. Now religion in general can be a hot topic. There's no denying that. In your world or story though, it doesn't need to be. … Continue reading World Building – Gods and Goddesses in Your Story
Creativity and Other Stuff
So, today isn't going to be a particularly lengthy or focused entry, but... considering it's the one month anniversary since I started to get this blog back off the ground again (or on it's feet - whichever you prefer), and it's my birthday, I figured I'd at least say I hope that everyone has a … Continue reading Creativity and Other Stuff
WW – Describing Animals
Welcome to another Wordy Wednesday. Yes, I'm late, but here we go anyway! Today, I'd like to take a look at something we're all quite familiar with: Animals! Now at first glance, that obviously seems like an easy one. "I know what animals are. I have one!" Or two or three or four... Full disclosure, … Continue reading WW – Describing Animals
World Building – Coming Up with New Races / Species
Welcome to another World Building Sunday. Thank you for joining me. ^_^ Today I'd like to take a look at a topic that has recently been very near and dear to me with my adventure in science fiction. Creating new races or species. Now, if you're writing traditional fantasy or even supernatural, there are a … Continue reading World Building – Coming Up with New Races / Species
WW – Similes and Metaphors
Narrated by Naomi Welcome to another Wordy Wednesday. Today we're going to take a look at the difference between similes and metaphors, as well as different examples, and maybe try to make our own. 😉 So let's take a look at what they are. In short, a simile is a figure of speech that compares … Continue reading WW – Similes and Metaphors
World Building – Creating Continents and Maps
Narrated by Naomi Hello again and welcome to another World Building Sunday. I hope everyone is doing well. ^_^ Last week, we took a look at building a city. Today, we want to take a look at creating your continents, with a little bit of backtracking for mapmaking purposes because of a couple of awesome … Continue reading World Building – Creating Continents and Maps