Practical Fantasy

The air was soft and cool, bringing with it the distant smell of brine as the air currents twisted and curled along the fields outside...

Derian’s shoulder was throbbing, the wound cleaned and tended by the innkeeper’s wife but still painful despite the mug of ale. “Do you...

Craftsmen of all types were needed in every good construction. Every building in the cities and villages across The Splinterlands...

I have been doing some for-fun writing on PeakD in the lore of Splinterlands, an online collectible card battling game. It is also crypto...

Sometimes a writer gets stuck on the first few words of their project. Whether its an email, a Christmas card or an epic fantasy novel,...

But it was not long before all the world and its denizens were known and understood by Matria. Matria had conversed all she could with...

Matria awoke with a start and saw The Sky above her trembling in fear as large flaming stones pelted it as it tried desperately to...

Helix sought and found the four Primes resting near the edge of the void where their bodies had come to rest amongst the dark. Twisted...

Helix heard the sound of Matria’s laughter long after it left the realm of the four primes. Distant echoes of his beloved’s joy brought...

I will be posting the first five chapter of my creation myth here over the next week or so, let me know what you guys think. ***** In the...

Oh just over here posting some stuff. https://peakd.com/@tanzofett I will be reposting some here as well, especially the Creation Myth...

Oct 22nd, 2020 You have settled on a style for your world and you know how it started. Now what? Once everything has begun, everything...

Oct 14th, 2020 I took a short break over the last two weeks, but I am back now. I will be lowering the frequency of my articles as one...

Oct 5th, 2020 There is one more important stylistic choice for storytellers to make, one that is the most visual aspect of your story and...

Sept 30th, 2020 What stories do you like to watch, listen, or read? Game of Thrones? Podcasts? Magazines? Community? Maybe the Simpsons?...

Sept 28th, 2020 Our next installment of this four-parter is about the plot itself, kind of. Its also about the story you tell, kind of....

Sept 26th, 2020 In researching this article, I was confused a little by how deep some theories can go. I was also somewhat shocked at how...

Sept 24th, 2020 Word Count is a double-edged sword. Maybe triple-edged. Alright its kind of like a bundle of creative daggers ready to...

Sept 22nd, 2020 We have already talked about Inside Out and Outside In, now let's talk about something that exists somewhere in the...

Sept 20th, 2020 This article will be a continuation from Part 1, where we dealt with the Inside Out Method. This article will reverse...