Helliconia Spring – the first of the Helliconia trilogy by Brian W Aldiss. It came along at a time when I found the books too large and turgid to get into – I don’t know what I read instead, but
Helliconia Spring by Brian Aldiss
#FridayFlash Fiction | G’Nauss is the Winter of our Discontent
My Friday flash fiction feature needs to fit with G for a world of my own – in this case G’Nauss. G’Nauss is a Federation planet known for its champagne – well, that was the main reason for inventing it
Farsight and the Federation
Welcome to my world-building themed challenge for this year on F day. I’m dithering over whether to talk about Farsight or the Federation, so I’ll do a snippet on each! Farsight One of the most important worlds in my Viridian System
E is for Earth | #IWSG post remembering Sue Ann Bowling
My world-building A to Z brings me to E for Earth, and also to my #IWSG post for April. Earth is just there, isn’t it? Surely it doesn’t belong in a world-building theme. Well, even contemporary writers have to build
Dolvia Saga and interview with Stella Atrium
Letter D in my world-building-themed Challenge this year stands for Dolvia, a world developed by Stella Atrium. Stella is here today to give me her thoughts on world-building. The first book in the Dolvia saga is Sufferstone, which I confess I
Cardamom trilogy and interview with Julie Anne Grasso
Caramel Cardamom (or possibly Caramel Cinnamon) is an elf girl who lives on the planet Cardamom. Her grandfather is the king, and her mom is a healer. They heal through thought, and that’s what Caramel wants to do when she
Ballybran in The Crystal Singer series by Anne McCaffrey
This year my A to Z theme is world building, and today I’m featuring Ballybran. But it’s also my book review day, so here’s a book review of sorts. B is for Ballybran, and that is the setting for the Crystal Singer
A is for the #AtoZChallenge #FridayFlash World-building Mash-up
Greetings, A2Zers everywhere, as well as to my flash fiction followers. It’s April 1st, and no fooling, it’s the A to Z Challenge again. Since I’m also doing Camp NaNoWriMo, to help me get through my writing schedule this year,
#AtoZChallenge – theme reveal
Yes, it’s the great and wonderful A to Z Challenge Theme Reveal day, when those who can’t resist a theme tell you all about it, and you nip round to all those who are exposing themselves their theme to the
Book Review | Homecoming by Sue Ann Bowling
I first discovered Sue Ann Bowling on my first A to Z Challenge, in 2012. I loved her blog, I loved her theme, and as I followed her afterwards, I loved what she was interested in and her view from