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The Impossible [Uskweirs #2]
Check It OutYou know how when you write something out to “get it out of your head” so you can “stop thinking about it” and instead your…
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Loratha, from the Gazetteer of the Speaking Lands
Check It OutI’m surprised it took this long to get to Loratha, the homeland of the elves (and all the people the elves kicked out and/or subjugated…
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Dwarves, from the Gazetteer of the Speaking Lands
Check It OutI missed a week (or two), but this week’s entry is Dwarves! These cantankerous crafters and traders are a mainstay of fantasy settings, and I…
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The Court of the Tyrant at Tour Toriel Released!
Check It OutThe Court of the Tyrant at Tour Toriel is finally released, out in the wild, and most importantly off my desk! This is the fourth…
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Hardhollow Steel, from the Gazetteer of the Speaking Lands
Check It OutWho’s up for a little fantasy industrial processes? Hardhollow Steel is this week’s entry, the sturdy, keen-edged, possibly magical steel alloy that everybody across the…
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Ellamthorn Lake, from the Gazetteer of the Speaking Lands
Check It OutI cheated and elaborated the entry for Ellamthorn Lake before posting it, because it was one of the earlier entries written and other entries added…
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Peshak the Rider, from the Gazetteer of the Speaking Lands
Check It OutY’all have chosen wisely in this week’s entry, as now I get to share with you the exploits of Peshak the Rider, culture hero throughout…
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Industraza, from the Gazetteer of the Speaking Lands
Check It OutI say this about so many of them, but the entry on Industraza is one of my favorites. While the inspiration for this entry can…
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Goblins, from the Gazetteer of the Speaking Lands
Check It OutThey’re disreputable, uncouth, rowdy, and possibly untrustworthy. Everybody knows they’re trouble. (They’re also everybody’s unspoken favorite.) They’re goblins! One of my favorite aspects of worldbuilding…
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A Fateful House Party [Uskweirs #1]
Check It OutThis bit of writing has been rattling around in my head for months, now, and last weekend I sat down to actually get it down in words so I could stop thinking about it—or at least, that was the hope. Yes, it’s the first chapter of a theoretical novel. No, I have no idea if I’d actually sit down and write it all out. Yes, I have extensive notes.