When the World is on Fire — Create! by Nicole Plumridge
When the World is on Fire — Create! explores how creativity builds resilience, offers meaning, and helps us navigate chaos and change.
When the World is on Fire — Create! explores how creativity builds resilience, offers meaning, and helps us navigate chaos and change.
HOW TO WRITE THE FUTURE PODCAST
by Kerry-Ann McDade · Published August 18, 2025 · Last modified August 21, 2025
Emily Golden and Rachel May on Story Theme, World Building, and Conflict – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 166 *** “The message of the story is the thing that they need to...
Woo-Woo and Fiction Writing – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 165 *** “Do you like to daydream? I love to daydream. I’ve always loved to daydream ever since I was a child...
Interview with Kathryn Nelson, Fantasy Novelist – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 161 *** “So you see that the main characters’ relationship develop. You see how their country’s changing, their themes of...
Join Andrew Zimba as he shares his experience designing a magic system by showing some of his decisions about the magic in his own novel.
Creativity is inherent in being human and is key to how we learn and grow; creativity is our power. In this day and age of great change, exercising our creativity is a revolutionary act....
Author Interviews / Indie Author Series
by Beth Barany · Published December 19, 2011 · Last modified December 20, 2011
Welcome to the Fantasy Indie Author Interview series, where I feature interviews with independent author-publishers in the fantasy/speculative fiction realm. This week I interview the lovely and magical Fantasy author & illustrator, Vonnie Winslow Crist. Enjoy!
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