(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Marked and unmarked categories are a powerful but subtle tool of worldbuilding — so subtle, in fact, that we often don’t even take notice of them. Which is all too … Continue reading
by Phyllis Irene Radford The Roman Catholic Church owned almost as much land in England as the king. And men of wealth and power kept giving them more! Part of this was a hope that by founding an abbey they’d … Continue reading
This one might be a little depressing. That crystal ball we never had is looking more and more like a Magic8 Ball, giving you veiled and often irrelevant answers to increasingly desperate questions. Everything that you thought you knew about … Continue reading
Skin Deep by Marissa Doyle Burned by a painful divorce, Garland Durrell is thankful to escape to a small village on Cape Cod to lick her wounds and sew the quilts that are her passion. But battered by storms and … Continue reading
Every old building in the world is either used, or not. If it’s not in use it tends to fall into ruin, its uses and history forgotten. If it’s in use, well, somebody is fixing it up. Not only to … Continue reading
I did promise that this weekend I would write about two leaders, Boudicca and Cleopatra, however I am behind on my research. This is mostly due to the amount of information I’ve run across, and getting sidetracked at online bookstores … Continue reading
Thor and I continue our explorations of important sacred sites in Bangkok. NOTE: “And now for something completely different.” Thor and I made our first trip to Asia — the beautiful country of Thailand. We were lucky to squeak through … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) We often like to think of religions as clear-cut things, with distinct boundaries between them. In reality, they’re often anything but; they borrow and copy and change and blend, in … Continue reading
by Phyllis Irene Radford We’re back to inheritance laws. Escheat is the reversion of land to an overlord or the state from whom it has been held in Tenure by a Tenant dying without heirs. Does that make sense? Baron … Continue reading
I recently had to exorcise, er, fire a client. One I’d been working with for years. I have written three complete novels for this fellow, rewritten a fourth and outlined a fifth. The novel we were working on when we … Continue reading
