A way with worlds: 37 – God, Darwin, History by Steven Savage of Seventh Sanctum
During the latest American election, I bitterly noted that too much politics was based on three excuses; blame God, blame Darwin, blame history. I…
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Online Publishing vs. TraditionalPublishing – A Personal Experience by Kay Crist
Online Publishing vs. TraditionalPublishing — A Personal Experience By Kay Crist (author of “Araroon”) Publishing a science fiction novel via the internet is a…
A way with worlds: 36 – The March by Steven Savage of Seventh Sanctum
When we build our worlds, we may know some fine details. We may know whys and hows and ifs and whens. We may know…
Fantastic 2000: A Review of the Year in Fantasy by Rob H. Bedford
2000 was a pretty good year to be fan of fantasy. A good number of new books were published continuing some of the best…
A way with worlds: 34 – The Odds by Steven Savage of Seventh Sanctum
A bit of news: Way With Worlds is being translated into German at Christian Spliess’s Page. Go and check it out! And now, on…
The Lost Dawn by Stuart Atkinson
July 20th, 2001, is a very special day. No, not because it’s another anniversary of the landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon, though…
A way with worlds: 32 – Yin and Yang: Knowledge and Ignorance by Steven Savage of Seventh Sanctum
A lot of this column comes from my experiences in worldbuilding – playing and writing RPGs, a shared-universe project, and my past and current…
A way with worlds: 31 – Losing the Race by Steven Savage of Seventh Sanctum
Years ago, someone told me Star Trek was racist. This, of course, stunned me. The original series broke down barriers. It dealt with racism.…
Personalised writing by Paul Escu
First off, literature is slower at conveying a message than, for example, the visual arts or music. It’s not so instant. When I started…
Doctoring the Tardis by Ebony McKenna
Known to many for its cheap sets, zippered costumes and sometimes questionable acting, Doctor Who was a show that defied its low budgets and…
A way with worlds: 29 – Why are we doing this? by Steven Savage of Seventh Sanctum
A few columns ago, I wrote about “Timeline Based Writing, which works in the following way: It’s been nearly a year since I started…
A way with worlds: 28 – Timeline-Based Writing: The Critical Axis by Steven Savage of Seventh Sanctum
First of all, I’d like to announce that “Way With Worlds” just picked up another distributor! It’s available at the re-launched lit.org! Lit.org was…
Fantasy: Another Boys Club? by Carrie Badorek
When I was a young child I read everything I could get my hands on. I didn’t really understand the concept of genres, so…
A way with worlds: 26 – More Crime and Punishment by Steven Savage of Seventh Sanctum
Well the last column on crime, law, and punishment in one’s continuity generated the most feedback I’ve had period. Even more than the religion…
New Ideas for a New Century of SF by James Wittenbach
I have spent the last few weeks reading the stories in the Fiction Archive of this web-site. Some of them are actually quite good,…
A way with worlds: 25 – Crime and Punishment (and a lot of other stuff) by Steven Savage of Seventh Sanctum
One thing that can get overlooked in worldbuilding is legal systems. It’s easy to assume things are perfect, or corrupt, or “just like us,”…
A way with worlds: 24 – Service, Service! by Steven Savage of Seventh Sanctum
It was anime that introduced me to Fanservice. You may or may not have heard the term, but it refers to those moments of…
Don’t Judge Fantasy by its Label by Lee Ann Cuccia
The purpose of this article is to raise the issue of how and why fantasy books are labeled as young adult and others not.…
The truths and legends about King Arthur by Alairic Seruthsson
What makes the legends of King Arthur so popular? Why has the tale of an ancient Briton chieftain become a classic of literature? Because,…
Music to build a world by Ebony McKenna
Science fiction and fantasy writers all have different methods for creating their worlds and people and getting them on paper, whether they set a…
