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This July continues to be extraordinarily busy, so here is an updated toolbox for All Things Worldbuilding. Groundwork: Geography, biomes and ecology. My original post on biomes Domesticatible plants and animals […]

Folks, in a few months my fourth novel, An Import of Intrigue, is coming out. I’m very excited for this book, and it was very fun to write, in part because […]

If you go to workshops– especially SF/F related workshops– or otherwise seek out Writing Advice, sooner or later you’re going to hear Heinlein’s Five Rules for getting published. The rules […]

I don’t usually bring up real-world politics here.  I might be something of a rare bird in this industry, in that I’m on friendly terms with people with vastly varying […]

It’s a holiday weekend, and July is shaping up to be about ALL THE THINGS happening at once.  So today I’ll pull out a couple worldbuilding articles from the archives, […]

There is a big question out there of what, exactly, and editor does, and what makes a good one.  This is especially true when people are, say, considering who to […]

This weekend I was at the Writers’ League of Texas conference, and it’s become clear to me that I almost need a flowchart to explain the details about my books. […]

I’m rather fortunate– in a strange sense of the word– that I right secondary-world fantasy, and thus I get to use my own phrasing and slang that is world-specific.  There’s […]

The Holver Alley Crew is now showing up for pre-order at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  And with that, it’s now got a release date: March 7th, 2017. So, what’s The Holver […]

I’m under the hammer today (that Workshop deadline just passed), so here’s an interview with me, Stina Leicht, Katherine Catmull and Donna Birdwell about Worldbuilding. http://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2016-06-17/to-build-a-home/