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Jonathan Thompson
Mar 15, 20151 min read
What Is Singapore?
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,...
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Jonathan Thompson
Mar 9, 20156 min read
Creature Types
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,...
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Jonathan Thompson
Mar 4, 20151 min read
March of the Blog Updates
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...
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Jonathan Thompson
Mar 3, 20154 min read
Inter-Species Arcane Realm (Current Era)
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...
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Jonathan Thompson
Mar 2, 20151 min read
On the Creation of Things
Rather Roundabout This isn’t a comprehensive guide on how to make characters or worlds, obviously, since that can’t just be told to...
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Jonathan Thompson
Mar 1, 20151 min read
MARCH-ing Books to Kids
Paint with Words I believe books are one of the most special gifts we can give children. According to Reading is Fundamental (RIF),...
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Jonathan Thompson
Mar 1, 20151 min read
Sunday Picture Post
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...
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Jonathan Thompson
Feb 28, 20153 min read
Quality of Life Standardization/Globalization
Analogous Era:mid 20th century standard of living, Electrical Age Genre: Diselpunk, Urban/Dungeon Punk Tech: Power-electric...
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Jonathan Thompson
Feb 27, 20151 min read
The Medieval Calendar
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?...
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Jonathan Thompson
Feb 27, 20151 min read
Leonard Nimoy Has Passed Away
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...
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Jonathan Thompson
Feb 27, 20154 min read
Guilded Age
Analogous Era: Early 20th century standard, Gilded Age, Roaring Twenties Genre: Diesel/Dungeon Punk Tech: Power-water mills, charm bags,...
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Jonathan Thompson
Feb 16, 20153 min read
Post War Government Reconstruction
Analogous Era: Industrial/Victorian under Feudal System Genre/Setting:Steampunk/Gas-lamp Fantasy Tech: Power- water-wheel, clockwork,...
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Jonathan Thompson
Feb 14, 20152 min read
Climatic Extinction Disaster & Fall of the Pantheon Age
Setting/Sub-genre: Dystopian/Apocalyptic *Last war is ended by the genocide of Ghul from the doomsday devices they created via stripping...
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Jonathan Thompson
Feb 9, 20152 min read
World-building Advising: The Empire Writes Back
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...
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Jonathan Thompson
Feb 9, 20151 min read
1001 Mythic Setting 3: Jinnistan
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,...
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Jonathan Thompson
Feb 5, 20151 min read
1001 Mythic Setting 2: Ifrit
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,...
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Jonathan Thompson
Feb 3, 20153 min read
1001 Mythic Setting 1: Jinni
So, several times over the last few months I’ve seen threads asking for advice on how to build desert/Arabian Nights style settings....
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Jonathan Thompson
Jan 28, 20152 min read
A Childhood of Books
So recently I was reading The Writer, a literary magazine that gives great tips and advice for well, you guessed it, writers. One article...
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