Dragons and Spaceships

Do you ever wake up looking forward to writing... but the dog needs a walk and the kids are fighting again and the dishes are dirty and your boss sends...

"Oh, shut up," I muttered to my computer screen after reading another one of these comments: "If you can't build your own world, with your own mind, you shouldn't be...

Did you know that there are three types of writer's block? One of them is rarely talked about, even though it's probably the most common (at least it is among...

Be bigger. Bigger! BIGGER. No matter how many times I resized the map, it still wasn't large enough for all my locations. Okay, maybe when it comes to mapping fictional...

We sometimes get questions about our use of AI images in our products and on our website, so we want to make our position on generative AI clear. We do...

Why can't I writeeeeeeee? Whhhyyyyy? Make me write. My author friend, Mia, and I send DMs like this regularly. (Hey, texts don't need correct grammar, that's what our books are...

The anxiety is as heavy in my chest as a boulder tumbling downhill. Always moving, destructive, and impossible to ignore. The reasons are the usual overwhelming struggles of life but...

"Are you really telling fantasy writers to start with planets and stars?"  We get comments like this on social media sometimes. The value of developing planets and stars is as obvious for sci-fi...