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Author: Morgan Hazelwood

Morgan Hazelwood (she/her) is a fantasy novelist who blogs and vlogs writing tips and writerly musings. She likes taking pictures of the sky, reading a good book, and ambiverting from her living room. She's also a voice for the fairy-tale audio drama: Anansi Storytime and its sister podcast: Legendsmith. She's been known to procrasti-clean her whole house and alphabetize other people's bookshelves.

Constructed Languages

When we read a book or watch a show with a created language, it’s easy to wonder — did they invent a word or the whole language?

And when I write, do I need to create a whole language?

Here are the layers of a language, and the levels of language construction you can choose. Plus, a few more tips and tricks for getting your conlang just right.

Conventions, CoNZealand, panels, virtual con, worldBuilding, worldcon77, writingTips

Fairy Tale Contract Law

While fairy tale contracts can often seem cruel and capricious:

– They can’t get something for nothing
– There must be consent (often uninformed, though)
And?
– There’s always a loophole

Conventions, CoNZealand, fantasy, panels, virtual con, worldBuilding, writingTips

Author Spotlight: Tamara Woods

Today’s Author Spotlight is on Tamara Woods!

a cozy-mystery and women’s lit writer, content creator, and writing community organizer

Author Spotlight

Spirits Abroad and At Home

At Spirits Abroad and At Home, we got to hear 3 writers from non-european descent talk about the different ways spirits are seen in their cultures. Comparing and contrasting between their cultures and the Western storytelling norms.

Conventions, CoNZealand, fantasy, myths, panels, worldBuilding, worldcon, worldcon77, writerslife, writingTips

Author Spotlight: Cass Voit

Today’s Author Spotlight is on Cass Voit!

horror/thriller author, photographer, artist, belly dancer, and flow artist!

Author Spotlight

Stranger in a Strange Head: Imposter Syndrome

From the hobbyist, to the amateur, to the professional — most writers have suffered with imposter syndrome at least once.

Here are some triggers for writers, 21 things to try to fight it, and 4 quotes/mantras.

What techniques have you found effective?

Conventions, CoNZealand, panels, virtual con, writerslife, writingTips

What’s In A Name? Characters in Fiction

Welcome to Part 4 of my WorldCon, CoNZealand panel write ups. The panelists for the “Writers on Writing: What’s in a … More

characters, Conventions, CoNZealand, panels, virtual con, writingTips

Author Spotlight: Barna Donovan

Today’s Author Spotlight is on Barna Donovan!

Professor of Communication and Media Studies and author of thrillers with science fiction and paranormal elements!

Author Spotlight

World-Building: Economics

Economics is usually seen as a dry topic, full of game theory and calculated systems.

But economic systems do not exist in a vacuum. Here are:

5 Things To Consider When Designing Future (or Fantastical) Economic Systems

Conventions, CoNZealand, worldBuilding, worldcon, worldcon77

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