Worldbuilding a Human Among Vampires | Sara A. Freites, Rise of Midnight
Sarah A. Freites shares insights on world-building in her YA vampire fantasy series, discussing lore, character dynamics, and creative process.
Worldbuilding Meteor Impacts and an Invasive Lifeform | Ryan McGinnis, Terrestrial
Ryan McGinnis delves into "Terrestrial", exploring world building, catastrophic events, and the clash of human and alien forces through character-driven narratives.
No Oil Worldbuilding: Biofuel and the Cost of Movement | Nathan Ogloff, Sapien Empire
Explore Nathan Ogloff's post-apocalyptic world building, featuring complex systems, character dynamics, and the protagonist's moral struggles.
Worldbuilding Secrecy and Survival | Melinda Kucsera, Curse Breaker Enchanted
Explore world building with Melinda Kucsera, author of "Cursebreaker Enchanted," as she delves into her fantasy world, magic, and character creation.
Worldbuilding: Burn the House or Keep the Secret? | Jack Callaghan, Wyrd Water
Explore Jack Callaghan's "Wyrd Water" set in 1979, featuring a mysterious Lake District town, rune magic, and eerie supernatural creatures.
Worldbuilding Non-FTL Realities | Bob Freeman, H2 Lift Ships
Explore imaginative sci-fi world-building with Bob Freeman's H2 Lift Ships, featuring solar sails, unique crews, and grounded scientific elements.
Worldbuilding Distant Prisons and Brutality | Travis Kuffel, Unleashed
Exploring Travis Kuffel’s Unleashed: worldbuilding in Ganden, Hadrek magic, relic-driven pursuit, and the gritty tension between mercy and judgement in a brutal, lawless realm.
How Belief Becomes Power in Fantasy | Mave Hathaway, The Breaking
Mave Hathaway explores world building in her fantasy series The Dodsfell Chapter, with rich magic systems, gods, and a complex medieval-inspired society.
Victorian Information State Worldbuilding | Tim Standish, The Sterling Directive
Explore Tim Standish’s alternate 1896 London, where mechanical computers power conspiracies, radical movements, and thrilling steampunk adventures.
First Contact Without Songs or Stories | Macaulay Christian, Apocalis Universe
John Richardson explores world-building with Macaulay Christian, focusing on Eridu's societal structure, tyranny, creativity, and intergalactic tensions.
Fantasy Trials, Curses, and Consequences | Evan Kidwell
Evan Kidwell shares the story behind his debut fantasy novel, explores worldbuilding, trials, and social hierarchies, offering insights for speculative fiction fans.
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Worldbuilding a Privatised America | Matt Witten, 51%
Matt Witten joins Richardson’s Rubicon to discuss 51%, a speculative thriller set in a privatised near-future America where corporations own everything, including people, and even murder investigations have to be crowdfunded.