Tag: worldbuilding
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Influences & Continuity
Influences & Continuity Interesting things about influences, you never quite know where things come from until they show up. Some of my biggest influences to my writing came much later in life, when I read Ursula K Le Guin, and Octavia Butler. However, Jacqueline Carey had a massive influence on me as well. What they…
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What My Books Are About
What My Books Are About After five books in the Mythical Desires Universe, I’ve realize that I write a certain kind of book. My books aren’t going to be popular with everyone, and that’s okay. I’m only trying to please myself after all. I don’t have the pressure of being a traditionally published author that…
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The Jesus Phoenix Hypothesis
The Jesus Phoenix Hypothesis In worldbuilding sometimes you use what you have around you to help with the heavy lifting borrowing from myths and legends and building on those. Maybe even twist them a bit to suit your purposes. For my Mythical Desires Universe, I not only borrow from secular myths and legends, I borrow…