Updates every Sunday, and sometimes Wednesday.

Tiffani Sahara 9/29/24 Tiffani Sahara 9/29/24

Book Review: The Goblin Emperor

Tiff reviews The Goblin Emperor, and has some additional thoughts about types of stories.

Dustin Ballard 9/15/24 Dustin Ballard 9/15/24

Icebergs

Write just enough... or write the iceberg?

Tiffani Sahara 8/4/24 Tiffani Sahara 8/4/24

Tif reviews The Nevernight Chronicles.

Tiffani Sahara 6/16/24 Tiffani Sahara 6/16/24

An abridged timeline of some relevant historical events as well as where all the books (published and WIPs) fall in that timeline.

Tiffani Sahara 6/2/24 Tiffani Sahara 6/2/24

Powerful characters are fun, but they come with their own set of issues.

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How does someone become a villain?

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Story-a-day can turn into local-a-day!

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Dustin talks about how to help your characters feel clever.

Dustin Ballard 9/3/23 Dustin Ballard 9/3/23

Why it’s important not to fill in every single detail when world building.

Dustin Ballard 8/13/23 Dustin Ballard 8/13/23

Considerations for making magic artifacts in your world building.

Dustin Ballard 8/6/23 Dustin Ballard 8/6/23

We come to the thrilling conclusion of Dustin’s armor series, light armor!

Dustin Ballard 7/30/23 Dustin Ballard 7/30/23

Dustin continues to nerd out about armor. This week: Middleweight armor!

Dustin Ballard 7/23/23 Dustin Ballard 7/23/23

Dustin continues to nerd out about armor. This week: Heavy armor!

Dustin Ballard 7/16/23 Dustin Ballard 7/16/23

Dustin nerds about armor. This week: Fantasy armor!

Dustin Ballard 6/25/23 Dustin Ballard 6/25/23

Does everyone in your fantasy world really need a sword?

Dustin Ballard 6/11/23 Dustin Ballard 6/11/23

Magic can make or break your economy.