I’ve been doing a bit of research on the next step in our homesteading … bringing in animals.
Animals on a Woodland Homestead
Author: blueseas
Eldranth Comes to Life
When I started my world building exercises, well over two years ago now, it all began with a simple question as I was writing the first few paragraphs in my book. What do my characters look like? Of course, I knew the answer in a general sense, but when you are trying to describe specific details, this question can be much more challenging.
Our Homestead through Time
I was messing around on the Google Earth Engine the other day, and discovered that their Timelapse site finally had satellite images available for our region. So here is our homestead from 1984 to 2016 …
Conlang Creation
The language of Ellendrí – an exercise in the creation of a constructed language (conlang). Continue reading “Conlang Creation”
Diarven City
A work of imagination …
Gas Giants – Art from Chaos
Creating gas giants brings an interesting philosophical perspective to the act of making art.
Ellendri Chronicles Backgrounder Part IV
Fourth in a series of graphic novel posts describing the background universe for my upcoming novels.
Here’s my fourth, and final, installment of background information on Hauldryn’s solar system … written from Eldranth’s point of view.
Chimney Fire
Wow! Things got a little scary here! Just recovered from a chimney fire. Thankfully, the cabin (and the two of us) survived!
Ellendria – The Making of a Planet
Designing a solar system for Hauldryn (officially HIP 18433) was one of the first world building tasks that I set for myself. Hauldryn is the home sun for a number of the major characters in my novel, and having a good working knowledge of this system will assist in many of my descriptive scenes.
The Art of World Building
To world build or not – that is the question.