Alma Thinks... Alma's Books Alma's Worlds Writing Writing School When the author realizes what her book means October 29, 2020June 9, 2021Alma Alexander Often an author doesn’t know what a novel is really about, what it means. That’s up to the reader. When writing it, the author is focusing on the story –…Continue readingWhen the author realizes what her book means
Alma Thinks... world building Writing Writing School 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
Alma Thinks... world building Writing Writing School 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
Alma Thinks... world building Writing School 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
Alma Thinks... Writing Writing School Three Ways to Build a World June 25, 2020Deck Deckert META L: Worldbuilding 101: Three approaches to create your own worlds. You can make experimental trips on all of them, or take a sharp right into virgin woods and bushwhack…Continue readingThree Ways to Build a World
Alma Thinks... Writing Writing School writing tips Where stories come from: Writers Play with Dolls April 16, 2020Deck Deckert Writing School When I write, my characters tend to step out fully formed and they simply insist I sit down and take dictation. But how did I get to that…Continue readingWhere stories come from: Writers Play with Dolls