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Ultimate Guide to Alchemy, Crafting & Enchanting by Nord Games is one of the many Role Playing Game resources that I have in my library. I love world building. One of the keys to making a world functional for stories is to have the actions and reactions of the world follow rules. They may not be rules you tell your readers about. But if pulling the level makes the door open, then the doors should open when you pull the lever... or a surprise should occur. Books like this one, I use as inspiration for how to do world building. What do you think about? how do you quantify it? You don't need to go to the level that games do to make things work, of course. But having thought about it, it at least makes things consistent, which reduces reader's confusion, which increases reader's satisfaction. This particular book, is an interesting look into the creating of potions and magical artifacts. Very handy if you have a magic filled world. Or if you want to create that extra special McGuffin. Fun book, nice art.

The Urban Setting Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Publisi is another book in their excellent series of Thesaurus books. This one, obviously, focuses on locations you'd find in an urban setting. Like the Rural version we covered yesterday, this one may not be used as often as some of the other books in the series. It is, however, an excellent resource to have in your library. Like the Rural book, this gives you ways to engage all the senses in different places. They also include some common conflicts you might encounter in these settings. Check it out!

The Rural Setting Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglist is another book writer's should have in their reference library. This one, as the name suggests, covers common rural areas. This one is especially handy for people that mostly spend time in cities and need to describe a country location with more details than you'd get from looking at a picture of barn. Like the other books in the series, this book gives you something for all the senses to add that little extra depth to your writing. Definitely a must have!

I have been doing some deep diving on different aspects of writing for awhile now. There are a number of books in the series from Angele Ackerman & Becca Puglisi. I have posted a couple so far, but here is "The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression". I have the entire series and there is a ton of great content in here. Unless you are a bit obsessed with deep diving, this is not a book you'll read from cover to cover. It is, however, a great reference book for engaging all of your senses and expanding the "Show, don't tell" methods of story telling. Trying to write a character reaction? Look up the emotion you want and read through the entry. It gives you common behaviors, body actions that show that emotion without the writing "He felt X" Definitely very handy to have your personal library if you want to grow your writing skills.

This was an interesting spin on sci-fi. The special effects and visuals were really good. I have added the 4k Blu-Ray to my library. If you haven't seen it and you like sci-fi and some action, check it out. It's been out long enough that you should be able to find it on one of those streaming services.

Looking at the code, it appears that font size, font color, and font background were set. As you can see from what you are currently experiencing, the sheer number of combos of writing software, browsers and whatever means there is no one answer to what causes this. My past experience, and it is written in FAQ, says that if you have default text size, default text type and only use italics, you can copy and past into the editor with no issue. But you must check when it posts. Both the dark mode text and text resizing are broke. You can edit the chapter and do what usually works, pasting from your Mac and not your iPad. or you can use highlight your text and hit the Text Format Remover button Be aware that since you used italics, you'll need to reapply. Either way, please verify your chapters work when they are posted. The text controls are critical for readability for many members.

Please no one tell @Cia, but I still have not read Frank Herbert's Dune. Though I have seen 2021 Dune movie starring Timothée Chalamet. I enjoyed the visuals a lot in this movie. It can been a bit slow at times, but it was nice to disconnect and just enjoy it. They made one hell of a big set up... I hope all the changes at going on a Discovery/Warner Bros doesn't ruin a sequel for this.

Thanks @Valkyrie , @CassieQ and everyone else working on supporting the Anthologies. We put a lot of effort into it and we appreciate the feedback. Working together with this stuff makes it better for everyone!

Well, the last one was Vol 1, so Vol 2 should not be a surprise. I've taken the picture myself of the book on my desk. The X Thesaurus series of books continues with Conflicts Volume 2. This is a continuation of various conflicts you come across and all the ins and outs of that conflict. Like volume 1, this book helps you make sure your conflicts are well-rounded and engage the senses and emotions. Like all the other books in this series, it adds to your writer's toolkit. It's worth having in your library if you want to grow your skills and improve your writing. Or if you want some prompting on where to go when you are stuck.

The Conflict Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Obstacles, Adversaries, and Inner Struggles (Volume 1) (Writers Helping Writers Series) by Becca Puglisi and Angela Ackerman. I have been doing a fair bit of reading on various aspects of writing. This entire series of books is worth a read and having on your shelf if you are trying to enhance your writing skills. Each one of the books focuses on as aspect of writing. This one is on Conflicts. The book gives a high level conflict type and then lists a number of positive and negative results of the conflict, emotions common in the conflict, impacts, possible internal struggles and several other things. This can help stimulate ideas or give you a reference to make sure your writing is well-rounded. Or perhaps give you a nudge when your stuck on something. I definitely recommend this book.

I just noticed this was missing, so here is a quick wrap up for the stories posted this week. I'm sure someone will be along to update the rest of the stuff. (Psst, sorry Myr, I forgot , Steve) Monday, Cia helped out the Review Team with a new Featured Story. Thursday Myr got some time to bring us an Anthology Flashback: After some time off to look after the Anthologies, our Prompt Team came back with two new prompts: @Comicality returned Saturday with another new article on writing. This time it was Wordless. Which, so am I. Check it out! Lots of great comments While I missed the blog today (aka, Steve), Myr did not forget the Words of the Day: extemporize, vibrissa, Sisyphean, qualm, syllabub, ambidextrous, sodden We are now 1/2 way through the month of October I bet you all want to know where we are on goals. Blog Opportunities Ask an Author 3.0: Send in 3 questions that you would like your favourite story's author to answer for you. Send them into @astone2292 Story Review: Send it in to @Timothy M. of @wildone Recently Updated 'Premium' Stories On Fire by Cia (In Process) Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories Gap Year by Mark Arbour (In Process) Translation Trashbin by AC Benus (In Process) Flying Circus by Carlos Hazday (In Process) Elias by Krista (In Process) Ancalagon by Cia (In Process) By Chance or Appointment by Parker Owens (Temporary Hold) On Fire by Cia (In Process) Jay's Loelife: A GA Exclusive Epic-logue by Mrsgnomie (In Process) The Cat Burglar by Aditus (In Process) Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories Working the Night Shift by Bill W (Complete) Finding Good Trouble by Ronyx (In Process) Salem Revisited by Bill W (Complete) Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories Death in the Shadows by astone2292 (Complete) The Cockney Canuck by Dodger (Temporary Hold) Recently Updated 'Author' Stories Never walk alone- Walk on by Andre Delport (In Process) ARROW by CLJobe (In Process) Goldstein, Johnson & Cole by Mancunian (In Process) Shadow Effect by kbois (In Process) CRYSTALLINE by Wombat Bill (Complete) The Kid On The Bike by RichEisbrouch (In Process) Good Guys Don't Date Bad Boys by Laura S. Fox (Complete) The Window of Longing by Wolffang (Long-Term Hold) Wild Flower by vanalas (In Process) The Next Stage by Littlelovestories (In Process) Dance over the Thunderclouds by Georgie DHainaut (In Process) For you by Zuri (In Process) Detour by matcha (In Process) Inherited by lomax61 (In Process) Tough Times by quokka (In Process) The Playground by ObicanDecko (In Process) Come Back To Us by LittleCherryBlossom26 (In Process) The English Year by Jwolf (Long-Term Hold) Finding love by AquariusGuy (In Process) No Poet updates this week.