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The 20th anniversary edition of “Changer of Days” is coming soon…

October 22, 2021October 22, 2021Alma Alexander

….and here’s a reveal for you. The original map that appeared in the “Changer of Days” duology was of course under copyright and I needed to get a new version…Continue readingThe 20th anniversary edition of “Changer of Days” is coming soon…

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The seventh day I rested: A history of a world’s creation

November 8, 2020June 9, 2021Alma Alexander

Life goes in circles Twenty years ago I wrote down a list of short character sketches – nine little girls, nameless, contextless, just nine characters in search of a plot.…Continue readingThe seventh day I rested: A history of a world’s creation

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Everything you wanted to know about …

November 4, 2020June 9, 2021Alma Alexander

Questions that authors are often asked range from the perennial favorite,’ Where do you get your ideas’? (I tend to give snarky answers*) to “How did you get started’? to…Continue reading Everything you wanted to know about …

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Wordbuilding: From one scene to a finished novel

October 18, 2020June 9, 2021Alma Alexander

The making of ‘Changer of Days’ I am used to this – or I should be, it’s happened to me often enough. A character steps out of the ether, introduces…Continue readingWordbuilding: From one scene to a finished novel

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Worldbuilding ‘The Were Chronicles’, Book by Book

October 11, 2020Deck Deckert

‘Random’ the first book in ‘The Were Chronicles’ triptych of novels, literally started as a short story aimed at an anthology which wanted to deal with “Were” things which were…Continue readingWorldbuilding ‘The Were Chronicles’, Book by Book

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Creating the world where Were-kind live

October 4, 2020Deck Deckert

For works of fiction set in familiar worlds, the ones in which the reader already lives and is accustomed to, worldbuilding is a question of keeping things “real” – of…Continue readingCreating the world where Were-kind live

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Creating the story arc of the luminous Babylon 5 series

September 30, 2020Deck Deckert

In Valen’s name The first time I crossed paths with the TV series Babylon 5, it was a disconnected episode from Season 2, Confessions and Lamentations – the Markab plague…Continue readingCreating the story arc of the luminous Babylon 5 series

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Worldbuilding 101 — Creating your own myth

September 27, 2020Deck Deckert

We all create our own myths. I don’t mean, at least not here, creating your own mythology – as in, creating a pantheon for a world of your own making,…Continue readingWorldbuilding 101 — Creating your own myth

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Worldbuilding 101: Three Ways to Make a New World

September 13, 2020Deck Deckert

The first law of writing is that there are no laws The worst possible thing that beginner writers can do is find an overly prescriptive ‘rule book’ of fiction writing…Continue readingWorldbuilding 101: Three Ways to Make a New World

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Worldbuilding – The Temples of Book

September 6, 2020Deck Deckert

From a very early age, the world of books was where my magic lived. I had taught myself to read at age 4 and bookstores and libraries have always been…Continue readingWorldbuilding – The Temples of Book

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