Tag: writing
Kickstarter is LIVE! Come play!
My most successful Kickstarter to date was last year’s Major Pieces project, which gathered some interstitial stories I’d already completed with stories written from your prompts to fill in some o... Read More
Tentative Plans (2020-2022)
Because nothing survives contact with the enemy (time), these are only *tentative* plans. But here’s how I’m thinking the next couple of years will go: Pelted Pack (2020-2021): Alysha 7, Z... Read More
Worldbuilding: Failing Your Way to a More Realistic Setting
We return to my observations about writers’ bibles and worldbuilding as the wiki develops! In this case… it’s time to tell you that your flaws can be supremely helpful to you. BAD RECALL IS YOUR... Read More
Organizing Your Worldbuilding Wiki
A question I’m getting more than once is ‘how do you organize your wiki so that it’s useful for your writing.’ Which… is not a minor question, because my initial response is ‘I’ve organi... Read More
More Stuff I’ve Learned From Wiki Editing
We are over a month into our work (and I need to call it our work given how many people are pitching in), and I continue to find it illuminating. Here are my latest observations! People really *don’... Read More
The Point at Which Every Author Needs Help
A few days ago I made mention of the Pelted Historical Society and the portraits I was doing for its members as a thank-you for their assistance. It’s been a while since I’ve talked about t... Read More
Book Launch: Conversations with the Ai-Naidar
Language and locations, culture and customs, biology, psychology, and history… worldbuilding an alien world for a fiction series can be a monumental effort involving notes, maps, drawings, and r... Read More