In today's post, I discuss how and why colonisation has come about historically and how you can use it in worldbuilding.

Today's blogpost is about energy and power, including how they work and what they can do, plus how to make up new fictional ones.

In this post, I talk about corruption in broad strokes: how it works, and how it can even be useful to some degree.

In this post, I discuss the rules that apply to rulers, their importance in maintaining power, and how to break them to overturn the current ruler.

Anne Winchell and I talk about how to do speeches, what makes them work, and what makes them fall short.

The year has come to an end and this is the last post of 2023! A little surprise lies within.

I discuss holidays in broad strokes to help you know what to think about when you worldbuild

In this blogpost, I discuss how trade works on a basic level.

Today’s discussion is all about what I call “the Big Lie” which is inherent to all societies and is fundamental to their function.

I discuss the basics of food and its role in society, and how you can do even more in alien settings.

I talk about how scary stories can be used to enhance worldbuilding and writing in and of itself, and Anne provides an amazing example.

I discuss how to create new substances and materials so that they feel like they belong to the world.

I discuss a bit on how one can add new kinds of queerness when reproductive systems change.

Anne and I discuss offensive language both as a worldbuilding tool and as something to use in writing.

I introduce death as a concept in worldbuilding and how many things affect people and their relationship to death.

A worldbuilding discussion about magic systems with Anne Winchell to celebrate her book being published.

A discussion what capitalism really is rather than the delusion of free market.

I discuss somewhat the relationship between and interaction of sex and society.

A heavy discussion on the early stages of a culture and what makes it a culture.

Discussion on what makes a pet a pet