Setting

Creating a World Building Bible to Set the Rules and Maintain Consistency in Your Novel

Building an imaginary world for your sci-fi or fantasy novel requires a lot of brainstorming and effort. In order to track all of the various elements you develop...
- Valerie Willis
Behind the Book: The Underground River by Martha Conway

Set aboard a nineteenth century riverboat theater, this is the moving, page-turning story of a charmingly frank and naive seamstress who is blackmailed into saving runaways...
- Martha Conway
The Mississippi-est Part of Mississippi - video

Author Jesmyn Ward discusses the setting for her novel Sing, Unburied, Sing . For more about this award-winning author visit http://www.simonandschuster.biz/authors...
- Jesmyn Ward
I Want My Rendition of the South...to be as Alive - video

Author Jesmyn Ward on the influence of William Faulkner in her novels. For more about Sing, Unburied, Sing and this award-winning author visit http://www.simonandschuster...
- Jesmyn Ward
Research and Organization Tips For Writing About Complex Worlds - podcast

Building complex, imaginary and alternative worlds not only takes skill as a writer, but it also takes vast amounts of research and organization. Sci-fi and fantasy...
- Maurice Broaddus