One game designer's fantasy setting plays with gender roles and has women, rather than men, in the position of dominant power in a society. Why the upset responses from some male readers? Some thoughts on the subject. [Continue]

A new section of my site has maps for my fantasy world and novels, along with background on world building, game design, and my encounter with Marion Zimmer Bradley. [Continue]

My short story interests were shaped by authors like Robert Heinlein and many others. Now I'm making my short fiction available to readers. [Continue]

I've written some folklore for my fictional worlds, and decided to expand this into a book. "Sa'adani Tales" is the collection name. Soon I'll be seeking crowdfunding support for this project. [Continue]

Alternate history: love reading it (here are book suggestions), and love writing it. History plus alternate timelines plus a measure of fantasy if needed or desired: what's not to love? This is Part I of a series looking at why a writer might [Continue]

Here is some context on a work in progress I'll be blogging about from time to time: Queen Victoria's Transmogrifier, an alternate history and paranormal tale focused on Victorian London in a time/space where magick is real. [Continue]

Just found Strange Maps, an odd and delightful repository of weird and whimsical cartographical excesses. Plus, there are dinosaurs! AND science fiction! The mind boggles... [Continue]