Monday, October 23, 2017

Blurb Blitz: Creating Places by Randy Ellefson


Congratulations to Brandon Tayler, winner of the tour prize and to Fabulous and Brunette, the host winner.
Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Blurb Blitz Tour for Creating Places by Randy Ellefson, a Non-fiction available November 14 from Evermore Press, LLC. The tour will run November 13 - December 1, and this tour will not include interviews or guest blogs; however, a blurb, excerpt and author bio will be provided to every host for inclusion on their blog.

Randy Ellefson will be awarding an ultimate world builder's package to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour, and a $10 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn host.
Creating a unique, immersive setting one place at a time.

CREATING PLACES (THE ART OF WORLD BUILDING, #2) is a detailed how-to guide on inventing the heart of every imaginary world - places. It includes chapters on inventing planets, moons, continents, mountains, forests, deserts, bodies of water, sovereign powers, settlements, and interesting locales. Extensive, culled research on each is provided to inform your world building decisions and understand the impact on craft, story, and audience. You’ll also learn how and when to create history and maps. Experts and beginners alike will benefit from the free templates that make building worlds easier, quicker, and more fun.

Learn the difference between types of monarchies, democracies, dictatorships and more for realistic variety and believable conflict. Understand how latitude, prevailing winds, and mountains affect climate, rainfall, and what types of forests and deserts will exist in each location. Consistently calculate how long it takes to travel by horse, wagon, sailing vessels, or even dragon over different terrain types and conditions.

CREATING PLACES is the second volume in THE ART OF WORLD BUILDING, the only multi-volume series of its kind. Three times the length, depth, and breadth of other guides, the series can help fantasy and science fiction creators determine how much to build and why, how to use world building in your work, and whether the effort to create places will reap rewards for you and your audience.
November 13: The Reading Addict
November 14: This and That Book Blog
November 15: Edgar's Books
November 15: Rogue's Angels
November 16: The Avid Reader
November 17: Author C.A.Milson
November 20: T's Stuff
November 20: Lily Iona MacKenzie's Blog for Writers and Readers
November 21: Fabulous and Brunette
November 22: Mixed Book Bag
November 22: Welcome to My World of Dreams
November 24: Locks, Hooks and Books
November 27: Independent Authors
November 28: Readeropolis
November 29: Kit 'N Kabookle
November 29: Hope. Dreams. Life... Love
November 30: Mello and June, It's a Book Thang!
December 1: It's Raining Books