World Building

World Building - Deity Pantheons: Finnish

In researching the various pantheons of gods, I came across several pantheons that I hadn't considered...although I probably should have....

Color Your World: Grey

Color Your World is a series of posts to provide lists of synonyms for different colors. All too often authors and writers resort to...

Research Resources: Ancient Remedies and Herbal Lore

In our latest post on foraging, there was a brief mention of gathering herbs in the foraging experience. Again, since we are looking at...

Research Resources: SURVIVAL - Foraging for Food and Medicinal Herbs

In writing of a fictional story, especially fantasy or historical, you may well have characters finding themselves in a position which...

Color Your World : Purple

Our Color Your World series is to provide a list of synonyms for different colors. All too often, writers resort to using the same word...

World Building Resources: Bread

It is pretty hard to write a story without food coming up SOMEWHERE in the narrative. It almost always, at least in the fantasy or...

Crafting the Vernacular: Words for use in Fantasy and/or Gothic writing.

Writing a Fantasy? Better yet, a dark, gloomy Gothic? Here is a list of words that are simply MUST HAVES for such a work: 1. Penury - A...

Color Your World: Green

COLOR YOUR WORLD is a series of posts to provide lists of synonyms for different colors. All too often, writers resort to using the same...