This post was originally supporter-only and posted January 2020. Part and parcel of expanding the Tombtown series with new content and new characters has been expanding the setting. With every…
This post was originally supporter-only and was posted December 2019. I typically write stories from one character’s perspective. I like to keep it close and personal; the antithesis of an…
This post was originally supporter-only and was posted December 2019. We had a small celebration at the solstice with my sibling. We looked to our futures, shared a small supper,…
This post was originally supporter-only and was posted December 2019. So I talk a lot about my character-first, story-first worldbuilding. I have a character and an emotional beat, and I…
People came from far and wide to seek the guidance of the Great Bear. She was a fey of known importance; an enormous being with rune-carved bark in place of…
Dawn broke, casting a warm glow across the prince and his beast as they cuddled in the wooden bower. The prince curled up more tightly against the enormous black wolf,…
Birdsong. It penetrated the dream, lilting and bright. He looked around at the rolling dunes of dreamsand beneath a purple-and-silver sky. It was time to return. He followed the song,…
This post was originally supporter only and was posted December 2019. As you probably know by now, I worldbuild largely on the fly and do it based on the…
The plantlings stretched and sang as rain splashed from their leaves. They wriggled their roots, drinking with greedy joy. The plant mage snapped her spellbook shut. ‘Better?’ One plantling shivered…
Their eyebulbs flickered to life. A clinking sound filled the darkened workshop as they flexed their metal hands and staggered a few awkward steps on new legs. They searched for…