by Autumn | Oct 14, 2021 | News and Events, Worldbuilding
Fantasy maps are awesome. They give readers and authors a glimpse into an imagined world. For me as an author, they are an essential step in understanding the world in my head. What is the terrain? The climate? What would the people who live there be like? I totally...
by Autumn | Oct 4, 2021 | Humor, Podcast, Worldbuilding
Have you ever opened a fantasy book, looked at the map, and wondered what the author was thinking? Jesper and Autumn pull out their favorite worst fantasy maps and a few map pet-peeves in this humorous episode of the Am Writing Fantasy podcast. Oh, plus a ghost story...
by Autumn | May 4, 2021 | News and Events, Worldbuilding
Fantasy worlds are AWESOME! It could be argued that a fantasy story without an amazing world just doesn’t feel like fantasy. Fantasy as a genre can be defined as a story that has a fantastical setting and magic. The rest — swords, wizards, dragons, and all that...
by Autumn | May 3, 2021 | Humor, Podcast, Worldbuilding
An awesome fantasy world can make a story — just as a terrible or terrifying one can make you run for a different book. Join Autumn and Jesper as they go head to head to come up with the worst fantasy world… or figure out how to create a story out of some pretty...
by Autumn | Apr 16, 2021 | News and Events, Worldbuilding
Lost in building a world when you know you really want to write a story… if you could just sort out the setting? Not to mention how the magic works? Or once you figure out the history… religions… cultures… Don’t worry, we’ve got your back! We are two bestselling...
by Jesper Schmidt | Feb 1, 2021 | Podcast, Worldbuilding
In this hilarious episode of the Am Writing Fantasy podcast, Autumn and Jesper share the most stupid magic spells, and extremely useless magic systems, they can think off. Listen in, have some fun, and learn about a spell animating walking tea cups, a more than deadly...
