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I Read Encyclopedias for Fun Moving on to the 8th top country to visit this blog, we have the city-state of Singapore.  It may be small,...

So because the Arcane Realm is primarily a fantasy world I’ve decided that it could use a list of creature types for the flora, fauna,...

Readers of my blog may be aware that I often post the development of my children’s book Vanessa Fly Trap and my fictional world/source...

Well that concludes the rough timeline of the Arcane Realm. It’s been a long process outlining an entire world’s history but I’ve had fun...

Rather Roundabout This isn’t a comprehensive guide on how to make characters or worlds, obviously, since that can’t just be told to...

Paint with Words I believe books are one of the most special gifts we can give children. According to Reading is Fundamental (RIF),...

Broken Mirrors Life is strange sometimes. People seem to take turns being up and being down. Have you ever noticed that? When you’re down...

Analogous Era:mid 20th century standard of living, Electrical Age Genre: Diselpunk, Urban/Dungeon Punk Tech: Power-electric...

James B. Shannon Julian vs Gregorian When was the last time you gave more than a passing thought to how our current calendar came to be?...

I Read Encyclopedias for Fun According to this article at New York Times, Leonard Nimoy has passed away.  He was 83. Last I’d heard, he...

Analogous Era: Early 20th century standard, Gilded Age, Roaring Twenties Genre: Diesel/Dungeon Punk Tech: Power-water mills, charm bags,...

Analogous Era: Industrial/Victorian under Feudal System Genre/Setting:Steampunk/Gas-lamp Fantasy Tech: Power- water-wheel, clockwork,...

Setting/Sub-genre: Dystopian/Apocalyptic *Last war is ended by the genocide of Ghul from the doomsday devices they created via stripping...

So as I build the world of the Arcane Realm, I often find various concepts to build up this weird setting of mine. So I vaguely looked at...

Where djinn live is very hard to pin down. Traditionally they are said to live in hidden our out of the way places, such as ruins,...

The general concept of ifrit is that they are very similar to or are djinn, though they tend to be more hostile towards humans. However,...

So, several times over the last few months I’ve seen threads asking for advice on how to build desert/Arabian Nights style settings....

So recently I was reading The Writer, a literary magazine that gives great tips and advice for well, you guessed it, writers. One article...