New Worlds: Dining Customs
The last November post for the New Worlds Patreon covers dining customs! How do you eat? When? Where? And with whom? All interesting questions to consider . . .
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New Worlds: Kitchens
Have you ever given much thought to your kitchen, and how you would keep yourself fed without one?
Whether the answer is yes or no, come along to the latest New Worlds Patreon post and read all about kitchens!
New Worlds: Local and Imported Food
This week on the New Worlds Patreon, I delve into things like the Columbian Exchange and how thyme used to be exotic to American cooks with a discussion of local and imported food. Comment over there!
New Worlds: The Afterlife
Since we’re just a few days away from Halloween, it seemed like the ideal time for the New Worlds Patreon to discuss the afterlife: ghosts, reincarnation, Heaven and Hell, all that good stuff. Comment over there! And consider supporting the Patreon — you get photos, access to bonus essays, and more!
New Worlds: Mourning
October’s theme continues with a discussion of mourning customs. Remember, if you become a Patreon backer, you get a photo every week — and at higher levels, the opportunity to request topics or read behind-the-scenes essays!
New Worlds (and Ars Historica!)
Another week, another New Worlds post — this one a wee bit different from the usual, in that it’s all about a rather taboo topic. But in all honesty, there is probably quite a bit you didn’t know about cannibalism, so why not click through?
Also, don’t forget that Ars Historica is now available for pre-order! It comes out November 7th.
New Worlds: Funerary Customs
For the New Worlds Patreon, I’ve decided to pursue a somewhat morbid theme for October, with a series of posts that talk about how various societies deal with death, grieving, and so forth. The first of those is on funerary customs — comment over there!
New Worlds discusses bricolage!
Since there are five Fridays this month and the New Worlds Patreon has reached the relevant funding goal, I’ve posted a bonus worldbuilding essay to Book View Cafe, on the topic of bricolage. Comment over there!
New Worlds discusses rites of passage
The general theme for this month has been stages of life, and we close that out with rites of passage. Next week, because the Patreon passed one of its funding goals a while ago, will be a fifth (bonus) essay, on the more theory-side aspects of worldbuilding!
Comment over there.
Catching up on New Worlds
My Patreon is trucking along, but I haven’t been good about linking to it here. So have a list of recent posts!
- Special language
- Gestures of Contempt
- Insults
- Profanity
- Idioms and Slang
- Folk magic
- Folk Magic
- Lucky Charms
- Curse You!
- Divination
- Stages of life
- Happy Birthday!
- Childhood
- Respect Your Elders
This week’s post (sneak preview!) will be on rites of passage, followed by a bonus post on the theory of worldbuilding, since that’s one of the funding goals we’ve reached. Remember, this is all funded by my lovely, lovely patrons — and if you join their ranks, you get weekly photos, plus (at higher levels) opportunities to request post topics or get feedback on your own worldbuilding!
DICE TALES is out in the world!
I should have posted this yesterday, but appropriately enough, I was too busy prepping for the game I ran last night. 🙂
Dice Tales: Essays on Roleplaying Games and Storytelling is out now! If you play RPGs and have an interest in them from the narrative side of things — the ways we use them to tell stories, and what GMs and players can do to make them work better in that regard — you may find it of interest. Follow the link to buy it from Book View Cafe, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Play, iTunes, Kobo, or (in a first for me) DriveThruRPG. And if any parts of it wind up working their way into the games you play or run, let me know!
Also, the New Worlds Patreon has headed off into the wilds of rudeness, with two posts on “Gestures of Contempt” and “Insults.” The theme will continue through the end of this month before turning in a new direction for August. Remember that patrons at the $5 level and above can request topics, so if there’s something you’d like to see me discuss, you can make that happen!
First of the New Worlds bonus essays is up!
One of my funding goals for the New Worlds Patreon was bonus essays. I promised four posts each month, on Fridays — but some months have five Fridays. Since we’ve reached that funding goal (did it right out of the gate, in fact), our first bonus is “Worldbuilding as a Habit of Thought,” discussing how to incorporate the kinds of details I’ve been discussing without having to go through a laundry list of topics every time you sit down to write. Comment over there!
And don’t forget: if you become a patron, you get weekly photos, plus perks like the ability to request topics, the chance to get personalized answers on worldbuilding questions, and even critiques of your work. Plus we’re not far from the next funding goal, which will bring book reviews into the mix!
New Worlds and Dice Tales!
The most recent New Worlds post is on sumptuary laws, i.e. the ways in which societies try to regulate the outward signifiers of class and rank.
Looking back at my previous blog series of BVC — Dice Tales is now set to be an ebook! You can currently pre-order it from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Play, iTunes, and Kobo; or you can wait for the on-sale date of July 18th and get it from DriveThruRPG or direct from the publisher, Book View Cafe. This is edited and expanded from the original blog series, with more than half a dozen new essays.
And — as a teaser — while it is my first foray into game-related publishing, it may not be my last . . .
New Worlds and Denver Comic-Con
The latest posts from my New Worlds Patreon are:
- The History We Live In — on how architecture can communicate history
- Greetings and Respect — on the different ways we show courtesy
- Signs of Power — on the objects that signal a person’s importance
Also, I’m going to be at Denver Comic-Con! Just got my schedule today:
- Friday, 1-1:50 p.m. — Avadakedavra! Magic in Literature
- Friday, 2-2:50 p.m. — Kicking Butt in Corsets
- Friday, 5:30-6:20 p.m. — The Past Is Here: Writing Romantic Fiction with an Historical Backdrop
- Sunday, 11-11:50 a.m. — But Is It Epic Enough?
- signing 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Friday, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday, and 4:30-5:30 p.m. Sunday
If I can scrounge up the time and brain cells, I also want to post about Wonder Woman. Short form: go see it! Longer form will have to wait, though.
Catching up on New Worlds
I’ve been very remiss in linking to my New Worlds posts over on the Book View Cafe blog (brought to you by my lovely Patreon backers). Here’s the full lineup to date:
- The Shape of the World
- Natural Disasters
- Four Seasons, or Two, or . . . ?
- Measuring Time
- Phonology the Easy Way
- What’s in a Name?
- Names and Their Meaning
- The Etiquette of Names
- Your Money’s Worth
- Follow the Money
- All That Glitters Is Not Gold
If that stuff looks good to you, please consider becoming a backer!
And, for a bonus: I’ve been neglecting the Dice Tales community on Imzy, but I put up a new post today ranting about how combat-oriented rules can screw over plot.
New Worlds talks phonology
Month two of the New Worlds Patreon kicks off with a look behind the scenes at my super-easy approach to making languages look real. Comment over there!
New Worlds: Measuring Time
It’s the fifth Friday of the month and I only promised four New Worlds essays per, but since the first post was mostly just an introduction, you get five this month. For future months, I’ve added a funding goal to cover those months where there ought to be five. In the meanwhile — and on the topic of weeks and months — let’s talk about measuring time!
New Worlds: The Shape of the World at Book View Cafe
My second Patreon post — first if you don’t count the introductory riff — is now live at Book View Cafe! Comment there, or head over to my Patreon page to become a patron yourself.
