World Building Articles

By Arien Andersen While today we think of The Lord of the Rings as being the book from which every fantasy author draws, J. R. R. Tolkien himself drew heavily from ancient epics.  Remember how Boromir and Théoden split their horns by blowing so hard? The same...

By Daisy Torres    *A sparkling whirlwind of words appears before you. Majestic music seems to come from the whirlwind. The winds cease and you see me, crunching away on a bag of potato chips.*Oh -- hi there! I...

By Chelsea Hindle It is a truth universally acknowledged that a writer in possession of a fantasy world must also be in want of some fantastic beasts to populate that world. Unfortunately, however, this is an area that many fantasy writers stumble into the pitfall of...