Hey all! I'll be giving a talk at the inaugural **SpecCon**, a worldbuilding conference organised by the delightful @madelinejames.bsky.social. Jun 6th, in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/speccon-... Madeline's announcement video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t816....

#FebruaryWorldbuilders I've got altitude, climate, and biome (I couldn't manage the geology) maps inspired by the lessons of @madelinejames.bsky.social. I'm working on maps of Grand Harbor and what is either the United Republic of Kuvra or the kingdoms occupied by the Black Banner (opinions differ).

It’s the last day of #lexember, and our prompt from @madelinejames.bsky.social was “something associated with the turn of the year. A bit of a challenge when my speakers live in an eternally frozen day.

ADULT SIX OF CROWS WITH GHOSTS Jack’s sworn to protect the dead, so when a book on harvesting magic from ghosts falls into the wrong hands, he’ll stop at nothing to steal it back. His crew has a few more scruples. The masked serial killer offering to partner up? Less so. #GhostPit #F #A #Q

Jessie and I created a bunch of #conlang sketches for an album by Chronicles of the Residuum. That album is out today! You can check it out here (or on any streaming service): youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Fifteen years after the beasts took over, Iryana's family is losing control of their post. She must forge a future from the ashes of her past-before her mistakes consume everyone she loves. #GhostPit #SP #A #F #R

#GhostPit #SP #A #F What if the only way to save everyone you love, is with the one you swore to hate? 🗡️ Monstrous beasts 🗡️ Trauma and healing 🗡️ Enemies to lovers 🗡️ Siberia-like world 🗡️ Elemental magic For those who have ever believed themselves too broken. Because the Beasts Came 4.9.26

ADULT SIX OF CROWS WITH GHOSTS 🌩️🌞 Grumpy-sunshine cousins ❤️‍🔥 Slowest of burns ☠️ Serial killer 🤫 Heist ✨ Layered magic system Jack’s sworn to protect the dead. When a book on harvesting magic from ghosts falls into the wrong hands, how far will Jack go to get it back? #Ghostpit #A #F #Q

#GhostPit #A #SP Iryana doesn't believe she can be fixed-not with what the beasts and their war have made of her. But with her family's post falling, she must infiltrate an enemy gang. The leader's brother might be her only ally... If she can stop seeing him as the enemy-and herself as past saving.

Reminder that I and a bunch of other creators will be live for @madelinejames.bsky.social ' Worldbuilding festival THIS WEEKEND! Hoping to see y'all there! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueIf...

Our next #Kopikon speaker is the @biblaridion.bsky.social! Biblaridion is easily one of the best conlangers today, and we’re grateful to have him back! Kopikon II is at the University of Edinburgh on Friday, October 10th, and you can register here: kopikon.com

So excited for this!

On September 5-7, I and many other creators will be coming together to take part in the Worldbuilding Festival organized by @madelinejames.bsky.social and ‪Rossbaygeo. See the announcement video for details here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXl2....

I am so excited for Witchbrook this winter....

Who would have thought documenting my conlang would help 🫣😂

After being home sick the last 6 days... daughter only made it to noon before needing to be picked up 🙃 the joys of parenthood

Beast Fables - Serpepard and Tatzelwurm The most common of the serpecat morphs, one is derived from the leopard, and the other from small cats, including the common house cat. #creaturedesign #worldbuilding #fantasyart #fantasyartists

New podcast episode dropping at 19:00 UTC youtu.be/AXCY910fhPQ

Registration is now open for the 11th Language Creation Conference! Register by March 4 in order to get some say on the schedule. #conlang #language #linguistics conlang.org/language-cre...

Anyone have good resources for attempting spec bio "lite"?

Been researching historical military structures for days.... Because I want to figure out what should happen when someone in my book is promoted ranks 😂 one tiny scene

After I interviewed her for Conlangery, I went over to Madeline James's channel so she could pick my brain about integrating more conlanging into here writing and worldbuilding. Check it out now! #conlang #language #linguistics

I interviewed @madelinejames.bsky.social on her own forays just a little bit into the conlanging pool for her books. It was a wonderful discussion. Check it out here, and also watch out for the second half of the discussion later today on her channel! #conlang #language #linguistics

Thought this was fun! Put this together to show how I'm using my draft 1 scenes for draft 2 rewrite!

Going live tonight! Mapping ore deposits in real time! youtube.com/live/sGJv41w...

The building. Doodling before ending the day, for fun. What's your favourite windows?

Revision prep video is out! I still have to figure out how exactly I want to structure the military gang in the book... Looking at post medieval mercenary groups and post Roman organization for inspiration! youtu.be/PSIqLVTbQmM

@dedalvs.bsky.social best recommendation! Gotta love some nice rocks.

Going to be changing my conlang spell structure tonight if you want to tune in! www.youtube.com/live/0BDH4uV...

All I want is a cottage in the Scottish Highlands, a freshly-fallen snow, a crackling fire, a riveting mystery novel, a kettle on the stove, and a healthy supply of emotional support scones.

Brightest rainbow I've ever seen... It was unreal!

Hey! The Christmas Pub Quiz drops tonight. Big love to @dedalvs.bsky.social, @quothalinguist.bsky.social, @gacorley.bsky.social, @madelinejames.bsky.social & @biblaridion.bsky.social for joining us this year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeKu...

I’m going to give my own challenge a go this year! 😁

I had the honor of participating in the Artifexian Podcast Christmas Quiz this year along with @biblaridion.bsky.social, David and Jessie Peterson of @langtimestudio.bsky.social, George Corley of @conlangery.com, and if course Artifexian! Check it out tomorrow!!! youtu.be/FeKuzNnlYEY?...

Happy new year everyone!

So, in building my own RPG setting, I toyed with the idea of trying to create an 'evil' culture as opposed to just, y'know, villainous individuals. I found that a culture predicated on evil makes no sense, but a culture with extremely sharp in-group/out-group distinctions produces a lot of evil. 1/

Third one Black dragons, nocturnal scavengers who steals from other dragons // #art / #dragon / #worldbuilding / #artwork //

some worldbuilding stuff from a few weeks ago

Oooohhh empires and democracy is out! youtu.be/bm89pbavmJI?...

Latest video is live! youtu.be/6Yo9cpB8KYE

Painting this globe for my fantasy world is coming along! Now I just need to figure out how I'm going to do topography and what colors to show each biome in!

I should be writing but instead I’m working on my wee map of Jane Eyre Fantasy retelling-land with quiet nods to Jane Austen for good measure 📚💙

The endless question... To work on my maps or do some laundry 😂

I'd love to hear about the worlds everyone is building! Maps, conlanging, spec bio, magic systems... Whatever you want to share!

Today's video on making projections for your fantasy world maps went live! youtu.be/dxlqPIuwLzw

Hello BlueSky!