Magic and the supernatural — by Sara Fearon on

An important aspect of most fiction is the presence of either magic or the supernatural or both. That is why this week we will be looking a...

Botany — by Sara Fearon on

Last time we looked at how to create a bestiary this time we will be looking at how to make a botany list. Now most of the steps are similar...

Bestiary — by Sara Fearon on

We’ve had a bit of a break over the holiday period however now we are back and continuing our lessons in world building. Today we will be lo...

Climates and calendars — by Sara Fearon on

Last week we looked at creating a map and defining distance, this week we turn our attention to climate and the construction of a calendar ...

Maps and distance — by Sara Fearon on

Once you have established the languages which will be used in your world you can begin to develop the world in more detail. One of the best...

Ways of speaking — by Sara Fearon on

Today we will discuss the final stage in building your own unique language for your world. We will cover patterns of speech, common sayings,...

Name construction — by Sara Fearon on

Now that we have developed our language we can finally reach the point of doing so and that is to name places in your world. There are se...

Developing language subsets — by Sara Fearon on

As mentioned previously a language subset is a group of languages which originated from one original language, for example Welsh and Cornish...

Writing systems — by Sara Fearon on

Last week we looked at phonetics and phonology and how you can play around with them to come up with your own variant of an existing languag...

Phonetics and phonolgy — by Sara Fearon on

Last week we discussed choosing a language as a base from which to create your own, this week we will discuss the next step in the process ...

Choosing a language — by Sara Fearon on

Unless you have studied multiple languages and are a linguistical genius like J. R. Tolkien I think it is fair to say that building a lang...

Lessons in world building — by Sara Fearon on

World building is an important part of writing whether your work be set in a brand new world, an alternative version of our own, or in the p...

How to self-publish an eBook on Payhip — by Sara Fearon on

Payhip is a new social media orientated service which allows authors to publish their eBooks at 100% royalty. It is up to the author to pr...

How to self-publish an eBook on Smashwords — by Sara Fearon on

Smashwords is one of the leading suppliers of independently published eBooks therefore I highly recommend making your eBook available thro...

How to self-publish an eBook on Kobo — by Sara Fearon on

Amazon is not the only leading eBook supplier Kobo is close behind so I recommend that you publish your book through Kobo Writing Life .  ...