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Creating a book is hard work… …getting that book into the hands of readers is even harder. That is, if you haven’t already built an audience who know, like and trust you. “Whatever you want to do in the world, you need influence to make your voice count…In the simplest terms, a platform is permission. […]
If you regularly read The Worldbuilding School then you’ll know that I’m a big Brandon Sanderson fan. Especially his view points on worldbuilding and writing. So to find two of his lectures published on Youtube is too great an opportunity to miss sharing, even if they are 4 years old. The reason I’m a fan is […]
Every world needs an ecosystem of creatures to give it life and every adventurer needs monsters to fight. However, what we sometimes forget to include are the cute creatures that can inhabit a world. Here I’ve collected 21 of my favourite cute creatures from artists I follow on DeviantART. These cute creatures could also make for […]
This is a question I’ve long asked myself, should we use World Building or Worldbuilding? Over the past few years the Worldbuilding community has begun to mature online and I’ve settled on my preferred version. When relating to the art, science and hobby of creating fictional worlds I use the term “worldbuilding” and have been […]
If you love the idea of building your own town then you will LOVE this game. Banished is a city-building strategy game that is all about life and survival as you control a group of exiled travellers who decide to build their own city. The object of this game is to keep the population alive […]
If you’ve watched Lord Of The Rings, Star Trek, Avatar or other fantasy and sci-fi films then you maybe wondering if the languages spoken by the characters are real languages, or are the actors merely speaking gibberish? This is a great video by John McWhorter that firsts asks if these are real languages before breaking down […]
