Welcome back adventurers! Today, we’re going to tackle drawing our maps. This is Part Three of Mapping Out Your Story World. If you missed the previous posts in this miniseries, you can find them here:[…]
Tag: worldbuilding
Mapping Out Your StoryWorld Part Two
Welcome back to Writerly Wednesday! Today, we’re discussing ecology and it’s influence on the people groups and their cultures, part two of Mapping Out Your Story World. If you missed the previous one, you can[…]
Mapping Out Your StoryWorld Part One
Welcome to Writerly Wednesday! Where I share a bit about writing and what I’ve learned over the years for those of you interested in becoming an author. Today, we’re kicking off a series on worldbuilding:[…]
NerdvanaCon 2019 & Progress Report
Morning! How are you? The wintery blast has finally hit us in Texas. Twenties are nothing to Minnesotans, but it’s cold here. Ha! But it will be back up in the sixties and seventies next[…]
X is for eXiles
After Stygian was defeated, the Alliance formed the Council of Nations in the hopes that they would be able to govern all of Nälu in a manner most befitting the majority of the people and[…]
W is for Weapons
Weapons. What’s a fantasy or sci-fi adventure without awesome weapons? I’ve been fascinated with swords probably since I read The Sword of Shannara and with bows and arrows since I watched Disney’s Robin Hood. And[…]
V is for Vituko
Vituko. The Shadow God of the Guardians. The eternal King of Zohar. Overseer of the Chai. He breathed the Yenzo Tanil to life and bestowed these gifts upon the first Guardian Circle. He shaped the[…]
U is for Unicorns & a Harpy Lord
You’re probably wondering what does unicorns have to do with harpies. In Secrets Kept, Desmond tells a story that’s been in his family for generations. A story that is illustrated in one of the tapestries[…]
T is for Thzaj Prophecy
When the unholy union between Lord Stygian and the Queen of the Underworld was severed and the Perimeter was established, the Sacred Pearl gave Nälu a warning. Below is the translation from Táchil, recorded in[…]
S is for Sacred Pearl
previously posted in conjuction with Prism Book Tours in 2014 In the course of edits, Secrets Kept lost the opening chapter where we catch a glimpse of the Sacred Pearl. Later in the story, we[…]