magical races

Welcome to the second annual Worldbuilding Week at QSF. We’ll talk about all aspects of building a world for your story, including languages; alien/magical races; history and timelines; culture and politics; sex, marriage and reproduction; and tools and techniques. It should be a lot of fun. Today we’re talking about alien/magical races, and J. Scott Coatsworth will be our moderator. Here’s my take: This is one of my favorite topics of the week, because I love authors who are able to construct entire races of beings in an original and convincing way. When I was in second or third grade … Read more