by Annait L. J. I love character-driven stories. Most of my time and development went into creating thepeople of Ameslan more than anything. However, I’ll limit myself to talking about my main characters.Throughout the Ameslan Series, we follow four point-of-views.… Read More »Character Creation: Silent Sounds
By Brandon Sturak (Contains spoilers) The story of Imperium: Adventure Reality is filled with a fascinating world, diverse and unique characters, and its fair share of mystery and adventure. In the MMORPG world of Valtio, there are three races people… Read More »From Two Pages to Two Hundred and Forty-Three – How Imperium: Adventure Reality Came To Be
by Annait L. J. The first time I thought about Ameslan, I was in my aunt’s house searching ‘how to learn American Sign Language’. My cousin is a member of the Deaf Community and I wanted to communicate in a… Read More »Writing Ameslan | WorldBuilding
By Annait L. J. Silence is a virtue. You don’t realize how grand and loud the rest of the world is until you stop to listen. Not only listen, but actively seek out the lesson surrounding you. Ameslan encompasses this… Read More »Why a Silent World?
By Rachael Balke I started work on Leza of the Alpha Line when I was seventeen years old. Because of life, I didn’t finish the story until I was twenty-nine. I get the unique experience of growing up while writing… Read More »Don’t be the Problem: Young Adult Fiction Romance in 2023
By Brandon Sturak Stories are important to our world. They give us inspiration, hope, teach us lessons, and of course, keep us entertained. The more “pragmatic” among us may write off stories as just stories and nothing more, but to… Read More »Uncovering Inspiration | The Stories Beyond Books
By Brandon Sturak Publishing Stories | Brandon Sturak If you listen to them, a lot of authors have been writing stories since they were young, but for me, I didn’t even learn I enjoyed writing until college. Growing up, I… Read More »Publishing Stories of 2023 | Stumbling into a Dream
By Sean Monett It took me over five years to write and edit and find publication for my debut young adult sci-fi novel: Your Brain Has Fleas. I should never have written it at all. There’s a big problem with… Read More »Decolonizing Storytelling: I Shouldn’t Have Written This Book