10. “Okay, we impaled the heads, now what?” You’re on a fantasy adventure, and maybe you’re trying to convince someone that the local lord is a ruthless tyrant. Or, perhaps you need to trick someone into thinking your army is more powerful and merciless than Read More …
Good news! I get to decide what a word means! And it’s all because I had the lyrics to a song wrong in my head for years! Sometimes being unknowingly discombobulated about something can work in your favor. A bit of background, so you can Read More …
Even the most powerful of creatures fall before a canon. No, not a cannon. A canon. Or, more specifically, being declared non-canon. An example of what I mean is Agents of Shield and Agent Carter from Marvel Cinematic Universe. Once considered integral to the storytelling Read More …
I’m going to break a rule right now. You see, in advice to authors on blogging, people always say to not do the thing where you apologize for not blogging for a long time. “Nobody cares, just do the post!” they say. Well, tough tamales, Read More …
As my RPG group prepares to embark on a new campaign in the coming months, I’ve been thinking a lot about maps. There are many symbols that fantasy RPG maps should really have, which, strangely, don’t seem to exist on most of them. Here are Read More …
The time is nearly upon us once again. The turn of the new year, when we all get a fresh start. And I don’t know about you, but I feel like the whole world could use one. If you’ve followed the blog for a while, Read More …
If you’re a subscriber to my newsletter, you got a chance to sample the first chapter of the first audiobook I’m working on over this past weekend. While I wanted to give newsletter subscribers the first listen, I’m excited enough about it I thought I’d Read More …
Howly Wolfenoot! If that greeting seems nonsensical to you, then you clearly don’t know about one of the world’s most awesome holidays, Wolfenoot! Taking place on November 23rd of each year, this holiday was invented by a seven-year-old in New Zealand a few years back. Read More …
This morning I had to leap out of the shower three times and dash across the house, freezing my butt off. Once, I realized I had no towels or washcloth because I forgot to replace after laundry yesterday. Once more, when I realized I had Read More …
Okay, so on an author’s blog it might seem a little odd to have two posts in a row that are about his budding drawing ability rather than his books. But, this one deals with books, for sure! Friend and fellow fantasy author Lindsay Schopfer Read More …
