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  • Creating a Solar System – World-building Part 2

    Note this is a series: Part One Once you’ve built your sun and solar system, now you have to focus on the planets. There’s various ways to tackle this issue depending on how detailed you may wish to go. I’ll highlight a few things to keep in mind during your creation of the planets part…

  • Physics of a World

    Since I study physics at my university, I often will read articles of new experiments in the field. I like to start with Scientific American, and from there access the original papers of the researchers. Recently, I came across this article: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/Is_Space_Digital.pdf and this article: how-the-hippies-saved-physics-science-counterculture-and-quantum-revival-excerpt The second article is about Bell and his theorem,…

  • Real Life Update

    I have not been able to post due to time constraints lately.  I have been fighting to save my university from budget cuts. Please visit the following sites to read some information pertaining to this: https://sites.google.com/site/uniphysicsfacts/homeStudents sit-in protest of cuts. There are even more programs threatening to be cut: Des Moines Register exclusive: Eighty-plus programs…

  • Resources and updates

    I’ve been compiling a massive resource Table of Contents on the writing forums I help moderate: LegendFire: Writing Resources Table of Contents Between this and all of my projects and homework for my university classes, I haven’t had much time for a big in-depth post. However, once I am done with the upcoming week of…

  • Update

    I have not really felt up to writing of late. Circumstances in life ferreted me away.  However, I am slowly writing a draft of Part two of my world building series, which will focus more on the planet.    Any other world-building or writing topics readers would like me to cover?

  • Creating a Solar System: Part One – A star

    Often, when I world build, I’ll start with an idea for a planet, and then build a solar system around it. The idea may stem from a random scene of a group of characters. From that seed, I build a solar system. What are the first two aspects to consider for such a project? The…

  • Effects of Environment

    When world-building, the effects an environment has on a culture is fairly profound. For example, if the world has a fairly small star, the planet has to be fairly close to this sun in order to even be habitable. However, if the star is not particularly massive (a small star generally wouldn’t be), then the…

  • Life Update

    Due to recovery from illness – despite that lovely trip to the ocean! – I am still planning the next set of blog entries. I try to do a bit of research for each, especially if they are focused on world-building, since providing evidence and/or resources is always helpful for a writer. My recovery however…

  • Elivera Universe – Maps

    In my explorations of my Elivera universe, I draw a lot of maps. I find them not only to be useful in keeping track of the layout of cities my characters visit, but also to help me understand aspects of their society. To start, I often will draw a zoning map, like the one I…

  • How my Elivera World came to be

    Writing excuses has been exploring the flora and fauna in world-building: Writing Excuses 7.2 and Writing Excuses 7.3 I spent a lot of time devising this backstory to my Elivera world – over ten years now to be honest. The podcasts link above have reminded me of the origins of my Elivera world and many…