Four Things that can Cripple your Communication Without you Knowing

And communication makes or breaks everything you do. Everything. So this might be a little bit important to you (and to everyone around you), maybe. I don’t know. You’ll have to decide that for yourself. In case you missed my last blog post, there are four levels of communication that work like a gradient from [...]

A Gift that Could Change Your Life

Greetings, I have something to share with you, that has been on my heart and mind for a long time. After much prayer and preparation, I want to present some information to you, that will dramatically improve your life — way beyond what you can imagine. I am asking that you take it to heart [...]

Holy Worlds Christmas Contest!

Hey everyone! I got great news for you all: Holy Worlds is having a writing contest for Christmas! Here is the announcement: Greetings and Excited Felicitations, I am pleased and proud to announce that Holy Worlds will be having a Christmas Contest, with the prize being a free book from Thomas Nelson Publishers. They have kindly [...]

A Party and a Very Special Announcement!

Hey there everyone! * Is very excited * A year ago, on September 20th of 2009, I started a forum on a whim. I did it mainly because I was lazy and wanted one centralized location on which to discuss my stories and world with my few fantasy friends. So I guess it was sort [...]

A New Look for Holy Worlds!

We are very excited over at Holy Worlds, my site dedicated to Christian fantasy writing. We just went over 100 members on the forum! This is a big milestone for us, and in honor of the occasion, I put into place a few special changes. The homepage, the blog, and even the forum header all [...]

World Geography Fractalling

Greetings, If you aren’t already familiar with the term Fractalling, shame on you, and go read my introductory post on it. This article is to show you how to fractal out a world’s geography. A daunting, but well worthwhile task. First off, what is necessary in a world’s geography? How complex does it need to [...]

The 3Literati Blog is Up!

Greetings, Us three Literati (I, Juliet, and Patrick) have been discussing setting up a blog for a long time now to discuss various things on. Several people have asked for a place on the internet that talks about essence outside of the Holy Worlds forums, and so we wanted to include that. Well, I am [...]

CFS: Part 7

 Greetings, At last! The last one! 7. ‘How’ Stage How does your character display his various moods? What are the distinctive mannerisms that show the various moods of your character? What does he do/say when he is pensive, angry, afraid, excited, in love, etc.? Be simple (“whenever he is afraid he stands on his [...]

World History Fractalling System

Greetings, World History is one of the most important things that needs to be fractalled out in your fantasy world. Without it, your world will be disconnected, and it will not have the overarching continuity that is necessary for the development of your other facets. World History gives you a framework from off of which [...]

CFS: Part 6

Greetings, This is the next to last one. 6. ‘Where’ Stage Where does your character’s national culture come from? Figure out the nation that most influenced his lifestyle by its culture. Tell what got impressed into him. Study how his nation became assimilated into his blood. Where is your character located in his nation’s creeds [...]