Side Project: Worldbuilding Magazine

In addition to day job, night job, fictioning, and being a terrible OC, I have other passion projects. I'm a staff writer for Worldbuilding Magazine, an online publication dedicated to the art and craft of worldbuilding in speculative fiction, tabletop, videogaming, and movies/television. We've just put out our latest (and so far, biggest) issue, on the topic of Revolutions!

My article, Better Worlds, Or Perfect Ones starts on p. 9. There's also articles about secret societies and their role in revolutions, slave revolts, and revolutionary media, as well as original fiction and interviews. Come check it out!

Comments

[_Moonshot]

I read your bit, and it's an intriguing primer into history and politics. Especially enjoyed the sections about utopian revolutionaries, and I think they put some of my previous half-shaped thoughts surrounding ideological purity and the like into words. It's interesting to line the article up with some present-day events as well -- my mind goes to Mali (with parallels drawn between the "current" president and former president Touré) and Belarus (with parallels drawn between Lukashenko and Ceaușescu). Good stuff!

Personally, I haven't done a great amount of worldbuilding yet (though I'd like to), so maybe I'll take a look at more of the magazine when I have a chance :)