Category Archives: Fantasy Novels

My Books On Smashwords Sale plus a Note on D&D

My ebook collection is available for the Smashwords 2025 End of Year Sale! Find your next favorite book this month at http://smashwords.com/sale and follow @smashwords for more promos like this! #EOYSale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks (Also, “Drasmyr,” (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/131156)  “Prism,” (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/693400)  and “A Thinker’s Guide to Truth” (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1515694) are free for this sale!) And, on aContinue reading “My Books On Smashwords Sale plus a Note on D&D”

Three of My Fantasy Books Discounted on Smashwords

Just an FYI – the following three fantasy books of mine are on discount only on the Smashwords site, until Friday, May 17th. The needed coupons are listed on the corresponding book pages. Drasmyr: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/131156  (Free) The Children of Lubrochius: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/415779 ($0.99)  Prism: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/693400 (Free) Enjoy the read!

What To Replace Fiends With?

Regardless of what you are worldbuilding, whether it’s for a novel or an RPG game, you often need an end-stage villain like a Fiend (demons, devils, or what-have-you). But as I’ve mentioned in prior posts, you might want to shy away from using “real-life” Fiends. You might want to avoid using “entities” that can be tracedContinue reading “What To Replace Fiends With?”

2 Real World Elements Needed In Fantasy Worldbuilding: Influences from Earth, and Morality

Ugh. When was the last time I posted here? What? Like two years ago almost now. Well, let’s at least wrap up my series of posts on general topics and ideas for fantasy worldbuilding in novels and RPG games. Today, I’m going to discuss the relationship between fantasy worlds and the “real” world. In otherContinue reading “2 Real World Elements Needed In Fantasy Worldbuilding: Influences from Earth, and Morality”

3 Essential Elements for Fantasy Worldbuilding: Institutions, Nations, and Monsters

It’s time for another post on fantasy worldbuilding in both novels and pen and paper RPG games. Nothing too earth-shattering just me rambling as I always do. In my last post, we discussed several topics and ideas most often incorporated in the fantasy worldbuilding of novels and pen and paper RPG games. As noted inContinue reading “3 Essential Elements for Fantasy Worldbuilding: Institutions, Nations, and Monsters”

3 Critical Ideas for Fantasy Worldbuilding: Races, Cultures, and Religions

I wanted to post this quite some time ago, but life intervened. New job. That sort of thing. Anyway, back to the topic at hand. We were discussing the topics and ideas that are most often incorporated in the fantasy worldbuilding of novels and pen and paper RPG games. As noted in the prior post,Continue reading “3 Critical Ideas for Fantasy Worldbuilding: Races, Cultures, and Religions”