Holiday Worldbuilding

In accordance with the holiday season for so many of us, I thought it might be time to discuss holidays, and how weather, season, and sunlight can affect what holidays are created – when and why. This is for writers who build settings of their own as well as those writing fiction set in our world; both should be conscious of the underlying points that get wrapped into a holiday.

Thank Goodness It’s Over!

National Novel Writing Month is over! It’s a relief and a loss, I’ve found, because the crazy and almost manic nature of the writing and socializing with other Wrimos is both energizing during November and then quite noticeably absent once December rolls around. There’s not a lot that does that for me outside of NaNoWriMo,Continue reading “Thank Goodness It’s Over!”