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Worldbuilding the Kingdom of the Eater of Ghosts

by ShannonPosted onMay 17, 2020

Way back in 2014, I posted about building a planet generator for auto-generating planets in the Kemtewet Empire (the big baddies in Rights of Use). I’ve referenced that sheet many times: a little while polishing Rights of Use, a lot…

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A Distinction Between Engineers and Scientists

by ShannonPosted onNovember 1, 2015December 24, 2018
A scientist looks into a mirror, where an engineer peers back.

What I wish people knew about engineers: We can be distinct from scientists! For those of us who left high school (or entered it) with a love of math, science, technology, and learning, there awaits a big, wide future of…

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What I Wish People Knew About Engineers

by ShannonPosted onOctober 26, 2015February 2, 2020
engineers watching flying fire

Coming up, I’m starting a new, six-part series about what I wish people knew about engineers. This is inspired by assumptions I’ve encountered at conventions, committees, church, and anywhere else I’ve spent time interacting with non-engineers; there are a plethora…

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Should fantasy acknowledge physics?

by ShannonPosted onAugust 16, 2015December 24, 2018
Witch's hat

There’s one last panel I want to elaborate on from Confluence this year (link): “Should Fantasy Acknowledge Physics?” This panel seemed to have a set of speakers who were a little too homogenous of thought. (The esteemed Tamora Pierce excepted,…

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Planet Generator

by ShannonPosted onDecember 11, 2014May 17, 2020
Horsehead Nebula photo by Rick Burke

Image courtesy of Rick Burke I have a spreadsheet that outputs planets for my series! Yay! What’s right about, what’s wrong about it, and why did I choose to do it that way? It all started with a few comments in…

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