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Help! I've Been Sucked into This Book!
Even the most casual of fantasy readers should fail to realize why they can’t put a good book down.
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Fiction Reboot: Tea With a Dragon
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Sunday Story Prompts
Of warlocks and journalists...
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Tea With a Dragon: Episode 8
3 Toes & a Feather
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When Myths Catch Fire
How the phoenix became a symbol of survival, resilience, and the stories we keep telling.
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What Fantasy Gets Wrong About Culture (and How to Get It Right)
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Worldbuilding Through the Womb: Rethinking Inheritance in Fantasy
Jun 18, 2025
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Who Built The Sewer Under The Sorcerer's Tower?
May 27, 2025
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More Than Shelter: An Anthropological Look at Fantasy Housing
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Tea With a Dragon: Episode 7
Sulphur in the Pines
Aug 30, 2025
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Tea With a Dragon: Episode 6
A Plan...More or Less
Aug 23, 2025
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A Quick Note...
I just wanted to pop in and let you know regular programming will return later this week.
Aug 17, 2025
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Story Prompt Sunday #3
Happy Sunday, my friends!
Aug 11, 2025
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How Fantasy Places Make Us Feel at Home
There are places in fantasy that we carry with us—not because they’re grand, or haunted, or ancient (though they often are), but because they feel like…
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Throwback Thursday
Aragorn: A City-Bred Ranger?
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Story Prompt Sunday #2
A little while ago, I asked folks if they were interested in AI-free story prompts that would remain free for all to use in any way they wished.
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5 Things Rituals Can Do For YOUR Worldbuilding
#writers & #worldbuilders this one is for YOU!
Jul 16, 2025
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