Category: Worldbuilding

Sure, fantasy maps are fun, but why do we create them? How do they help both the reader and the writer better understand the story?

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.

A Philosophy of Air delves into a rich sea of language, some invented, some sourced from history.

The world of A Philosophy of Air For those new to my blog, my name’s Marc and I’m writing a fantasy novel called A Philosophy of Air. A Philosophy of Air is “naturalistic fantasy,” in which a fantastic premise crashes against an otherwise realistic world. Without magic, fantastical creatures, or mysteriously predestined heroes, this tale…