Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story

Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands

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Abel's Island

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World-Building for Writers: The Complete Handbook: From Constructed Languages to Mythical Realms

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A Dictionary of Sources of Tolkien: The History and Mythology That Inspired Tolkien's World

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30 Days of Worldbuilding: An Author's Step-by-Step Guide to Building Fictional Worlds

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Fantasy World-Building: A Guide to Developing Mythic Worlds and Legendary Creatures

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Fantastic Journey The Soul of Speculative Fiction and Fantasy Adventure

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Shadows of the New Sun

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Table Fables II: The World-Builder's Handbook

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The Way of Imagination

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Buffy, Ballads, and Bad Guys Who Sing: Music in the Worlds of Joss Whedon

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Creating Places

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