Here you can find all the essays on writing advice, podcast interviews, worldbuilding blogs, and other resources to improve your craft and your fictional worlds. More will become available as I publish them. But if you want to know when I post a new blog, book, video, or podcast episode, consider signing up for my Substack.
Blogs On Worldbuilding
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Worldbuilding Part 1 – Using Anthropology to Build Worlds
Worldbuilding Part 2 – Key Elements of Cultures
Worldbuilding Part 3 – Constructing Characters and Identity
Why the Hell Did They Do That: How To Understand People or Characters
Worldbuilding Part 4 – Six Things To Think About When Constructing Myth In Fiction
Worldbuilding Part 5 – Monsters, Aliens, and Evil Androids an Exploration of Fear and Anxiety
Worldbuilding Part 6: Cognitive Maps, Magic, and Super Powers
Worldbuilding Part 7: Schismogenesis, Taboo, and Identity
17 Things I learned From Teaching Anthropology and Cultural Diversity
Podcasts, Videos, and Recordings on Worldbuilding and Diversity
Worldbuilding on the Cheap: A Recording of a Panel Discussion(Cosine Comicon January 2020)
Recorded Panels from Denver Fan Expo 2021 on Myth/Religion and Worldbuilding
Adding Diversity to Your Writing: A Panel Discussion from Cosine 2023
Build Better Worlds: Anthropology for Writers: Podcast Episode on The Creative Penn Podcast
Guest Spot on This Anthro Life Podcast
What’s Your World Look Like? Beyond the Pen Podcast
Build Better Worlds Chapter Reading and Q&A on Worldbuilding by Michael Kilman and Kyra Wellstrom
Michael Kilman and Kyra Wellstrom: Anthropology & Speculative Fiction (HPSfAA Fall Conference 2020)
I Did a Ted Talk on Anthropology, Worldbuilding and Why Diversity Matters
General Writing Advice
Be A Better Writer: Resources And Tips To Improve Your Craft
Master Four Elements of a Scene to Enhance Your Fiction Writing
Rereading to Improve Your Craft
What My Characters Taught Me About Writing
Your Book Idea Probably Isn’t Original: Here’s Why That Doesn’t Matter
The Importance of Storytellers and Douglas Adams (Excerpt for the Battle for Langeles)
Loridian's Laboratory 