Welcome back to Dragons and Drafts!

Today starts the first episode of our multi episode series about characters and character development!

Kris's Picks:

Calculated Nova McBee

Cities of the Lost Cities Shannon

Messenger

Lilies & Anxieties Anik Bellefleur

Ascendant Michael R. Miller

Katherine's Picks:

A Forgotten Promise Maxine Henry

The Veiled Kingdom Holly Renee

Buried Dreams Natasha Madison

The Hero She Deserves Anna Hackett

Books with amazing Maps and Programs and ideas for creating maps for your story

Katherine’s Picks

Jennifer L. Armentrout From Blood and Ash

Carissa Broadbent Daughter of No Worlds and Serpent and the Wings of Night

LB August In The Shadows

KW Foster Curse of Breath and Blood

L. Steele Morally Grey Billionaires Series

Lauren Roberts Powerless

Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti Zodiac Academy

Kris’s Picks

CS Lewis Chronicles of Narnia

JRR Tolkien The Lord of the Rights

Rick Riordan Percy Jackson

Chris Colfer Land of stories

Patrick Rothfuss The Name of the Wind

J.K Jimisin The Fifth Season

Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros

A Court Of Thorns and Roses Sarah J Maas

Holly Black The Stolen Heir

Map Making Apps

The Rice Method

World Anvil

Inkarnate

Wonderdraft

Asgards Map Making

Campaign Photographer 3 Plus

Dungeonfog

Map Chart

Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop

Jenna Moreci

https://youtu.be/XkosgF7Omi8?si=foJz04MztFwpgb6L

Kris’s Five Star Pick’s

Dragon Pearl Yoon Ha Lee

Great and Precious Things Rebecca Yarros

The Serpent and the Wings of Night Carissa Broadbent

Songbird and the Heart of Stone Carissa Broadbent

Shared Hearts Lee Jackman

Katherine’s Five Star Pick’s

Story of my Life Lucy Score

Mr. Swoony Piper Rayne

Memories by the Shore MJ Huxley

The Wolf King Lauren Salisbury

Single Mom’s Guide to Love Chelle Sloan

Writing apps and platforms:

Google Docs

Scrivner

Dungeons and Dragons

Word

How to ADHD YouTube channel-Five Game Changing Productivity apps for ADHD

Ayoa

XTiles

Fiverr

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Welcome back to our world building series! Today our focus is on cultures and societies! Below you’ll find our picks we discussed during the podcast. If you can please subscribe, like, comment, or review our podcast we would greatly appreciate your support!

Kris’s Pick

Shadow and Bone, Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Fable by Adrianne Young

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger

Katherine’s Pick:

Bride by Initiation Maggie Cole

Aspect of Essence by Samantha Amstutz

The Hades and Persephone series by Scarlet St. Clair

Ordering Chaos by Alexis Menard

Welcome back to Dragons and Drafts! Today is part 3 of our World building series! And today we are focusing on history and lore in writing. Please be sure to like and subscribe! If you enjoyed this podcast please consider leaving a review below to help others discover our content.

Kris’s Picks:

The Poppy War by R.F. Quang

Furyborn by Claire Legrand

Five Kingdoms by Brandon Mull

Alice Network by Kate Quinn

Katherine’s Picks:

The Vandeleur by Fleur DeVillainy

Secrets of Jane by Charlotte Malory

Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

Sleeping with the Enemy by Hal Vaughan

Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

The University of Isles series and Between Dusk and Dawn by Vee Taylor

The Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley

Welcome back to Dragons and Drafts! We are Katherine and Kris and we are so excited to have you join us today! Today is part 2 in a mini podcast series on all things World Building! Our focus for today is to discuss Magic systems and Politics in stories.

Kris’s Picks

The Name of the Wild by Patrick Rothfuss

Dune by Frank Herbert

Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole

Katherine’s Picks

Powerless Trilogy by Lauren Roberts

Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Daughter of No Worlds (entire series is masterfully crafted and beautifully written world building)

Episode 6 World Building Series part 1

this episode with be the first in a mini series of podcasts where we talk about all the aspects of world building in stories.

Katherine’s Picks

Haley Jade- Dark Reflections Series

Lianne Kay- A Reflection of Silver and Crimson

Carissa Broadbent- Daughter of No Worlds

Kris’s Picks

Tolkien Lord Of The Rings

Brandon Sanderson The Cosmere universe Mistborn

Penn Cole- Spark of the Everflame

Writing Portion

Science fiction and Fantasy association

https://www.sfwa.org

Welcome back to Dragons and Drafts! Today we are so excited to share with you some amazing stories that feature either disabilities or mental health. We love it when writers are inclusive and we love to shine a light on their stories in the hopes that it inspires you in your reading or writing journeys to see a different perspective or to feel seen! If you are experiencing a mental health crisis please reach out to your healthcare provider or someone close to you. Know that you are not alone and you matter in this world!

Kris’s picks

Galaxy walkers Kris Paulsen

Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan

Magnus Chase by Rick Riordan

A Curse so dark and lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

Six of crows by Leigh Bardugo

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

Dragon School by Sarah K. L. Wilson

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Turtles all the Way Down John Green

Fall in Our Stars John Green

Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros

The Women by Kristin Hannah

Katherine picks

PTSD/depression/anxiety

Crazy Good by Rachel Robinson

Depression/ mental illness

Run to Me by JB LaRee

Deaf MMC

In Our Hands by Larissa Moyer

Depression

Hockey Boy Brittanee Nicole

Autistic

Thief Who Stole Christmas Angela Casella

Depression/ suicide

Into the Darkness Vee Taylor

Sign language

Osparia Series by Lashell Rain

PTSD depression guilt of a death of a loved one/ addiction of alcohol

Bearing the Burden by Jillian D. Wray

Germaphobic

The Freak Out by Jenni Bara

Physical dysmorphia/ PTSD/ Touch adverse

The One She Loves by Anna Hackett

Writing Portion

Recommendations for websites

Fiverr.com

Writingdiversity.com

Inclusiveminds.com

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