My Worldbuilding: A Few Thoughts On Guiding Influences

The Wall of Night Series map; artist Peter Fitzpatrick

Last week I posted On Worldbuilding, in which I talked about approaches to speculative fiction worldbuilding in a general way, in response to a question on Good Reads. This week I thought it might be fun to take a closer look at what (I believe) informs my own worldbuilding.

In particular, last week I mentioned that the “body” of worldbuilding having a “spine”, such as a period in history, which can then provide a guide in terms of events...