Kickstarter 4 - Blade Raiders Novel
Grant Gould's Blade Raiders was among the first Kickstarter projects I ever backed. And given how impressive the RPG rulebook and Enemy Omnibus were, I see no reason that I'd ever not back more of his...
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Magic Circles
This post from the Land of Nod blog gave me an idea regarding magic circles. In it he states that the elves made the dwarves construct magic circles for them to harness the energies of the world for...
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Maps by Max
I was blown away by the work of fellow guild member Maxime Plasse. He is obviously a very talented individual with a natural eye for map making. He has graciously permitted this handful of...
View ArticleInto A New Domain
Well I finally did it. I bought a domain. As of this morning http://realmwright.com/ is up and running. It's shiny and new and ragged and terrifying!Blogger has been good to me these past few years,...
View ArticleThe Road Not Taken
I've been wrestling with it for weeks now and it's with some resignation, and a good deal of relief, that I have decided to cancel my Realmwright.com website.As cool as it sounded in the conceptual...
View ArticleLost and Found
Ancient Greeks, the founding and fall of Rome, the Egyptian empire, lost Atlantis. Cave paintings, Easter Island, Stone Henge, Chaco Canyon, Scara Brae. Ley lines, the Devil's Sea, the Bermuda...
View ArticleBeginning Again
Months ago my buddy Jason King posted on Facebook that he's now scouting manuscripts for his publisher. Ever since then it has been weighing on my mind to start writing an actual story after years and...
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Pull Your Head Out or The Point of Longevity
Let's say you're fairly new to gaming and/or you have not given much prior thought to what kind of weapon your medieval character might wield. Most folks would probably instinctively grab for a...
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Seaside ruins
[Y]our intrepid adventurers are wandering the coast, or paralleling it aboard a ship, looking for a place to spend the night. What better than an obviously delapidated, haunted, booby trapped, etc...
View ArticleJoin Us in a Cold Embrace
My blogger buddy Nils invited me to join February's blog carnival: The Icy Embrace of WinterI have thus done so. And I sequentially invite any and all others to gang in on the frosty fracas.I'm not...
View ArticleChronology: It's About Time
As I continue scrawling page after page of my first book, I can't help but think that I have enough material planned for four or maybe even five books. The reason it stretches beyond a trilogy, with...
View ArticleLTUE 2014 Review
[picture me making the explosion gestures next to my head]Yeah, it's like that.I cannot show enough appreciation to my mentor Jason King for including me on such a spectacular event. As I understand...
View ArticleMan About Town
Back in September I posted about Cityographer and the city and village generators on Inkwell Ideas, which provide great visuals. Then today I found these other city generators:Crystal Ball city...
View ArticlePlay to Your Strengths, Strengthen Your Weaknesses
I've recently traded a few emails with Nate, host of the WorldBuilding School, and perhaps I might be writing a guest post in the near future.I've posted about the amazing tutorials of his before, and...
View ArticleOnce Upon A Time
Feeling stuck, stumped, blocked, and/or utterly lost? Don't worry. It happens to all of us from time to time.Try this. Here is a fill-in-the-blank lead in."Long ago and far away in a place called...
View ArticleFantasy Name Generators
I don't know how I haven't stumbled across it before, but today I found FantasyNameGenerators.com and I'm immensely impressed with what it has to offer. The options are almost overwhelming and nearly...
View ArticleNine Hells
It lives!As you may have noticed, I've been away awhile. But I have not been idle.I have spent the past couple weekends dabbling and dithering in my neglected Nerdatorium.I was away from my deviantArt...
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Interview With A King Sized Author
For my first interview we'll be sitting down with an author whom needs no introduction, but will receive one anyway. The Mr. King.You may have seen him at Barnes & Noble book signings, surround by...
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Interview With Author James Wymore
Today we meet a man whose life time has been spent seeking loopholes to nature's laws and gateways to other realities. Since he hasn't found them yet (or has and just isn't sharing) he's writing...
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Interview With Author Matthew Cox
Today is our digital sit down with author Matthew Cox. He has written 8 short stories and 7 novels, one of which, The Awakened: Prophet of the Badlands received honorable mention by Writers of the...
View ArticlePack Light, Save Up, and Ship Out
I'm what some might call a prepper. I love wilderness survival shows and books and gear, but mostly it's because I enjoy the thought experiment of "How would I? What would I?"I tend to lean towards 72...
View ArticlePick Up A Pen Already
I was bored and stalling and trying to do something else creative and writing related without actually doing any writing.I completed a brief, yet interminable, interview with a character I created...
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Worldbuilding For Beginners (a.k.a. Newbuilders)
First of all, welcome to the worlds! Glad you could join us! There is a whole wide world out there waiting for you...to create it! My pal Nils is hosting this month's RPGBA Blog Carnival: A New Year, A...
View ArticleLiving with Immortals
What have I been up to lately? Well, let's see, "lately" encompasses the 608 days since my last post, so the answer is both "quite a lot" and "a whole lot of nothing."Being a dad and a busy data entry...
View ArticleA Relocation of Sorts
After checking with my editor/mentor today, I was given the go ahead to post more about our project, "The Valcoria Anthology" currently under contract with Curiosity Quills, due out in October 2017.But...
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