A question I frequently field when it comes to inventing religions for fiction is: How do I go about it? I always start with a real religion. This keeps me from “winging it” or just throwing stuff onto the page … Continue reading
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A few days ago, I was visiting a textile artist friend, looking at her quilting projects. All I know about quilting is what I’ve read in published versions of pioneer women diaries. The … Continue reading
I don’t do recipes. I’ll happily eat or drink anything anyone wishes to fix for me, within reason, but my cooking involves opening the freezer door. If I’m lucky, I’ll find something edible (not surprisingly, my freezer contains inedibles like … Continue reading
A couple weeks back I made a post on what I think of as the bricolage theory of worldbuilding. In part that was in response to a post by Kate Elliott that comes … Continue reading
Several people linked to Lev Grossman’s list of twenty things he’d like to see in fantasy novels. Discussion of lists like this can slow to a halt when writers pop up, issuing long comments about … Continue reading
In worlds and historical periods in which horses are a primary means of transport, they often coexist with cities. There’s a bit of a disconnect there. Large, herd-dwelling herbivore that evolved on and for steppe and tundra, that needs large … Continue reading
If you had a time travel machine, which period (time and country) in history would you visit first? Carrying on from last week’s post about time, this is the sort of question I daydream about on … Continue reading
So it’s a couple weeks after Shakespeare’s birthday, which is excuse for a bit of fun and fancy. In Universe L (for Liminal Library), what is on your bookshelf? … Continue reading
Vonda recently said something about hectograph and asked if I remembered it. I wrote back to her: Oh do I remember hectograph. We had one when I was 12 or so. My brother Karl used it most; I think … Continue reading
ow many of you hate your hair? Wave your hands! I don’t think I’ve ever met a person who likes their hair.
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