Last of the three items being painted is the Captured Spring. This one was interesting to do and I think it turned out decently, despite my inexperience in drawing glass objects–never mind glass objects with a new medium.
Overall, I think it worked well for completing the set, and I… Read the rest...
Tag: spectrum blade
Okay, so I don’t actually have a lot of world building to add this week. Probably not next week, either, since at this point we’re getting Little Bit ready for school. But after last week’s post on developing magic items, I really wanted to keep sharing the artwork for them… Read the rest...
Magic items tend to be staples in most fantasy, and weirdly, they never played that big of a part in stories I’ve written before. There are a few important ones, but no epic quests that involve picking them up along the way, which means Spectrum Blade will be a little… Read the rest...
The characters for Spectrum Blade were actually one of the first things I came up with. I spent a long time stewing over rough concepts for each of the heroes that would join the party, in addition to rounding out some villains. But while the characters themselves came together pretty… Read the rest...
As part of outlining a novel, I always have to plan how long it needs to be. Sometimes they make it. Sometimes they fall well short. One thing I don’t do is try to pad up my word count with unnecessary scenes. Sometimes a book needs fleshed out a little… Read the rest...
I’ve been fascinated by fantasy world maps since I was a kid. I always told myself that when I eventually published my own fantasy books, I’d make sure they had maps. Preferably ones I drew myself, since I’m a control freak like that.
Having done map making the “right” way… Read the rest...
I ran across a great article from NowNovel that came with an infographic laying out some things to address when creating a fantasy world. For convenience, I’ve included it here. To get things started, I’ll share a quick breakdown of the answers for a few of these, as well as… Read the rest...






