Forget equality: people used to be much more limited by class and status. Here are some ideas for using class in fiction & games (pt. 1). [Continue]

Need to overthrow a kingdom in a story or game setting? Here are five ways to do so, in a 5-part series. Part 1 talks pros and cons of armed conflict and 3 things to keep in mind if you go that route. [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]

Caldwell wrote the Romance of Atlantis when she was 12, based on a series of vivid dreams about Atlantis. It is a sophisticated work finally published 60 years later. [Continue]