This week we consider when language helps our characters communicate, and when it should get in their way.

The end of a trilogy. This one describes four different types of Science-Fiction Democracies in an attempt to improve on the unrealistic Empire of the Future. I also include adventure seeds.

What makes moments memorable?  What makes them come so alive that years later we can still remember them, still see them in our mind’s eye?

The article takes a look at the depths of character that can spring from something as simple as sincere belief.

In place of my normal installment of Seeds is this. This is an idea that I’ve had for a world which I am creating. I wanted to share it with all of you because I’m sure that I am not the only one that can use this idea.

Change happens to people; we don’t just keep getting better–sometimes we suffer setbacks, and sometimes we don’t easily recover.

The most recent addition to Seeds. Fantasy, this time.

In the creative world, it’s a dirty word; but it gives us much to consider.