A blog of fog and whisky (and airships)

Tour the deck boards of an airship from my work-in-progress novel. More important, understand why I created a ship layout in such detail.

The worldbuilding of “A Philosophy of Air” combines historical navigational tools and techniques with inventions specific to a world of airships.

Airships incorporate traditional and invented sails in “A Philosophy of Air.” Learn about how I thought through this aspect of worldbuilding.

Continuing my discussion of worldbuilding for “A Philosophy of Air”, I discuss the physics of airships in my world. Part one of two.

The sursus is a key feature of the world of A Philosophy of Air. Learn how this poison sea affects the world both practically and symbolically.