• Species in Fantasy- The Role of Scientific Terms in Fictional Settings

    On December 1st, 2022, Wizards of the Coast announced that the role-playing game, Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), would no longer be using the term “race”, and would instead be using the term “species” in its place. This was meant to address the inherent racism that the core lore has, up...

  • Chemistry in Fantasy

    “The Blacksmith was right; you can’t make a gold sword.” “But I have to get her highness a golden sword in three days for the duel! I don’t see how the sword can’t be like any other metal sword that anyone can just whip up!” Kasper pinched the bridge of...

  • Wounds Part 2

    Taner tore through the underbrush, making her way to the howling ripping through the forest air. “Oi!” She called out. “Oi, I’m here! I’m almost near you!” She rounded a tree and almost tripped over her patient. They were a soldier, clad in armor and on their back in the...

  • 2023 Updates!

    Hello all of you beautiful people! So 2022 was… um… was a thing. It happened. Not that there weren’t a ton of amazing things that happened for me (As we’ll see before)! But some of the things that happened in politics this past year was… yeah, no. Some things were...

  • Wounds-Part 1

    Taner tried to hold her fingers steady as she sterilized the gash on the soldier’s leg with the cleansing spell, sliding her gloves through the blood and removing all dirt and bacteria. The sword hadn’t cut through the femoral vein, but only by a hair’s width. Taner kept her eyes...

  • Sanguine Sippers-Vampires and Science

    (Fun fantasy intro hidden in the blog!) My relationship with vampires in fiction has been a fascinating case study of someone trying to redefine their relationship with literature. See, I grew up watching the vampires depicted in cartoons like Scooby-doo and Looney Tunes. They were always harmless, a ridiculous combination...

  • Writing Females, Part 1 (Yes, We're Going There)

    This post may be a bit of an oddity amongst my other topics. Or perhaps it’s one that people have been expecting from me for a while now. This has been in the making since the beginning of 2022. I originally began drafting a post concerning “how not to use...

  • Tipping the Scales for Lizardfolk

    Sorra’s translucent nictitating membrane slid over her golden eye as she concentrated on the last stitch. Her scales turned a sapphire green as the last knot slipped into place. Beautiful. Satisfying. Like aligning a crooked book with the rest of the shelf. She pressed the slick, cold healing membrane over...