{"product_id":"new-worlds-year-one-a-writers-guide-to-the-art-of-worldbuilding-9781611387476","title":"New Worlds, Year One: A Writer's Guide to the Art of Worldbuilding","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStep into a world of your own making . . .\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorldbuilding is one of the great pleasures of writing science fiction and fantasy -- and also one of its greatest challenges. Award-winning fantasy author Marie Brennan draws on her academic training in anthropology to peel back the layers of a setting, going past the surface details to explore questions many authors never think to answer. She invites you to consider the endless variety of real-world cultures -- from climate to counterfeiting, from sumptuary laws to slang -- and the equally endless possibilities speculative fiction has to offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume collects essays from the first year of the New Worlds Patreon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrennan, Marie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Marie Brennan is a former anthropologist and folklorist who shamelessly pillages her academic fields for inspiration. She recently misapplied her professors' hard work to the short novel Driftwood and Turning Darkness Into Light, a sequel to the Hugo Award-nominated Victorian adventure series The Memoirs of Lady Trent. She is the author of several other series, over sixty short stories, and the New Worlds series of worldbuilding guides; as half of M.A. Carrick, she has written The Mask of Mirrors, first in the Rook and Rose trilogy. For more information, visit swantower.com, Twitter @swan_tower, or her Patreon at www.patreon.com\/swan_tower.","brand":"Book View Cafe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50421635744018,"sku":"9781611387476","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_80cd4584-5006-497a-9af4-0f3debbb2178.jpg?v=1729510064","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/new-worlds-year-one-a-writers-guide-to-the-art-of-worldbuilding-9781611387476","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}