Worldbuilder's Anvil

Worldbuilder's Anvil

By Jeffery W. Ingram And Michael MillerArtsLeisureGames
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Worldbuilder's Anvil episodes

  • Episode 33: The Rise and Fall of a Fantasy State
    Today's Topic - The Rise and Fall of a Fantasy State

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    • When did it become a state
    • How did the state form
    • Golden Age(s)
    • State the collapse
    • What caused the end of the state
    • Was it really the end?
    • Does it reemerge

    Full Show notes on Gardul.com

    12 min
  • Episode 32: Fantasy States Revisited
    Today's Topic - Fantasy States Revisited

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    • History
    • Rise And Fall
    • Links to Cultures and Races
    • Tolerance
    • Types of governments
    • Taxes
    • The Arts
    • Norms

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    15 min
  • Episode 31: Interview Bill Treadwell

    Interview: Bill Treadwell

    Please listen to learn more about Bill Treadwell, the chief worldbuilder for Caladria

    1. Introduction
    2. Do you feel Orc or Elf today?
    3. Tell us about your latest work.
    4. How do you connect your worldbuilding back to The Story?
    5. When did you know you had a love for worldbuilding?
    6. Biggest achievement to date?
    7. What real world advice do you wish you had known sooner?
    8. Tell a quick STORY about some task that could have gotten you started sooner as a writer
    Gauntlet round
    1. What held you back from sharing your world(s)?
    2. Favorite types of fantasy worlds: alien, earthlike, or earth-based?
    3. What is your favorite time period for fantasy settings?
    4. What is the most important habit or skill in creating a world?
    5. What tool(s) could you not work without?
    6. What is one resource you would offer to a Worldbuilder starting down your path?
    7. If you ended up in the (a) world you created. What would be the first thing you would do? (Please keep it as clean as possible.)

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    Check out Caladria today!

    The Tease

    Fantasy States Revisited

    29 min
  • Episode 30: Fantasy Racial Appearances
    Today's Topic - Fantasy Racial Appearances

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    • Visual Appearance
      • Common skin colors
      • Common Eye color
      • Height and Weight
      • Hair
    • Keep in mind
      • Eyes
      • Smell
      • Sound
      • Taste
      • Feel
    12 min
  • Episode 28: Fantasy Culture Arts, Dress, And Architecture
    Today's Topic - Fantasy Culture Arts, Dress, And Architecture

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    • Specific until Incorporated into a state. The
    • Symbology
    • Geography
      • Materials for clothing
      • Materials for Building
    • Types of clothing
      • Materials
      • Colors
      • Clasp
      • Accessories
    • Architecture
      • Inspiration
      • Important Structures
      • Type of materials
    • Arts
      • Based on materials
        • Stone
        • Wood and weeds
        • Mud
        • Metals
        • Pigments and Paints
      • Common goods
      • The Mouth
    21 min
  • Episode 27: Interview Dawn Metcalf
    Interview: Dawn Metcalf

    Please listen to learn more about Dawn Metcalf, the Twixt, mutant lemmings, breaking stuff and much much more. Listen for the special bonus discussion about a zombie mouse. Do not forget to preorder Insidious (The Twixt) today

    1. Introduction
    2. Do you feel Orc or Elf today?
    3. Tell us about your latest work.
    4. How do you connect your worldbuilding back to The Story?
    5. When did you know you had a love for worldbuilding?
    6. Biggest achievement to date?
    7. What real world advice do you wish you had known sooner?
    8. Tell a quick STORY about some task that could have gotten you started sooner as a writer
    Gauntlet round
    1. What held you back from sharing your world(s)?
    2. Favorite types of fantasy worlds: alien, earthlike, or earth-based?
    3. What is your favorite time period for fantasy settings?
    4. What is the most important habit or skill in creating a world?
    5. What tool(s) could you not work without?
    6. What is one resource you would offer to a Worldbuilder starting down your path?
    7. If you ended up in the (a) world you created. What would be the first thing you would do? (Please keep it as clean as possible.)

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    Learn more about the worldbuilder
    • Website
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Goodreads
    • Ello
    • About Me
    • Amazon Author Page with the links to her books

    Start the Twixt series today and buy Indelible, and preorder a copy of book 3 in the Twixt Insidious

    Also check out

    SCBWI (Society for Children's Book Writers & Illustrators): scbwi.org SFWA (Science Fiction Writers of America): sfwa.org

    46 min
  • Episode 26: Racial Makeup of your Culture
    Today's Topic - Racial Makeup of your Culture

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    • What Races are part of the culture
      • Probable start with one culture
      • Migrations of tribes early on will cause the makeup of race to change
        • Merging of groups into new culture
        • One of the races adapted the other races culture
      • What is the status of the minor race
      • What happens when the races have babies
    17 min
  • Episode 24: Worldbuilding Cultural Evolution
    Today's Topic - Worldbuilding Cultural Evolution

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    • Separation
      • Religious
      • Physical
      • Social
      • Mass immigration
    • Growth
      • New Contact
      • Taking land from other culture
      • Magical or Technological growth
    • Decline
      • Subjugation
      • Relocation
      • Genocide
      • Major Power
    • Hand of god
      • Drought
      • Famine
      • major disasters
      • Disease
    19 min

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