Yesterday, I was summoned for jury duty. This meant I arrived as required, along with twenty-three other people, sat around for a bit, and then had a clerk, a judge […]
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Worldbuilding: Culture and Rituals of Class Difference
A few months ago I witnessed something that is an uncommon occurrence in the States. I was waiting in our favorite local Thai restaurant for our take-out order to be […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: The Broad Strokes and the Fine Details
I’ve made little secret of the fact that I’m a worldbuilding completist, though even I have a limit of what “completist”would actually mean. For example, in my Banshee setting, […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Integrating the Top Down and the Bottom Up
I’ll fully admit, the worldbuilding work I’ve done for the Banshee space-opera verse has was done in a strange way. Namely, I did a combination of top-down and bottom-up building. […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Music and Popular Culture
There are some fantasy writers– I’m not going to name names and I’m not going to necessarily say, “This is bad” or such– but there are some fantasy writers who […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Neighborhood Map
I’ve got a lot on my plate this week, so today’s post is a quick one. Namely, it’s a map of the neighborhoods of Maradaine where Thorn of Dentonhill takes […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Aliens and Daily Rhythms of Life
So: get up in the morning, shower, dress, breakfast. Commute to work, work throughout the morning, take some time for lunch, back to work until the end of the evening. […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Rituals for the Dead
I’ve gone over this before, but it bears repeating: cultures have rituals to mark almost every important occasion: marking adulthood or marriage, for example. Or, it the case of the […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Origins of Herbs and Spices
Food is a crucial part of worldbuilding. This is a point you can be certain that I will keep coming back to. And all foodstuffs, while helping define a culture, […]
Read moreFantasy Worldbuilding: Drinks and Weapons
All right folks, here’s where I lift up the hood and show you the cheat codes… Er, that metaphor is rather mangled. The point is, I’m going to show you […]
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