What better (nerdier?!) thing to do on a Sunday morning than a Reading Rave! I’m so in love with this concept 🥰🥳 I read a lovely chunk of “Touched by Light” by @bernahudson.bsky.social

DIGITAL vs IRL! ⚔️ Where did your 🎲 RPG games take place this year? 1️⃣ Mostly online 2️⃣ Mostly in-person (pen & paper only) 3️⃣ Mostly in-person (using digital tools) 4️⃣ Both equally 📊 Show results

Lots of photos from FantasyCon but none quite as spectacularly hilarious as this one. What the hell are we doing with our faces @aptshadow.bsky.social ?!

“Helps me organize but doesn’t limit my creativity” - just Tracy Hickman of Dragonlance praising my brainchild 🥹🙌😭🥰

World Anvil Worldbuilding@worldanvil.com · 5d ago

OMG! 😱 So honored to be mentioned by the amazing Tracy Hickman as a helpful tool in this #GenCon discussion on The Future of Fantasy. #DnD #Dragonlance #Fantasy

Happy Monday! May the coffee be strong and hot, and the work, fun 🙌🫂🥰 ☕️

This is (IMO) a great freaking start! 🙌✨

Ed Newton-Rex@ednewtonrex.bsky.social · last wk.

No ISBNs in Canada for AI writing. This is a fantastic policy, and every country should do the same. www.canada.ca/en/library-a...

British fantasy Con was simply amazing! Thank you to everyone who said nice things about my panels (fantasy murder mysteries, crafting clever characters, worldbuilding!) and my worldbuilding workshop! I sat between Peter H Hamilton and Adrian Tchaikovsky on a panel and didn’t embarrass myself 😅

My spooky season RPG adventure “Kiss of the Lich Queen” is now out with @koboldpress.com! 🙌✨🥰💀 Just in time for your Halloween games 😱🎃

Kobold Press@koboldpress.com · 3w ago

Take center stage in a performance of death in Kiss of the Lych Queen PDF, available now! Uncover the truth behind the infamous Lich Queen before the final curtain falls—and before her deadly performance claims its next victim. koboldpress.com/kpstore/prod...

Fantasy Con is in Glasgow THIS WEEKEND and I have such an exciting program! ❤️ I'm getting in Thursday night - who else will I see there? 🥰 #fantasycon

It me! I’m a Featured Guest at Worldacon! Who else will I see there? 🙌✨🥰❤️

Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

By day, Janet Forbes is the CEO and founder of World Anvil, @wordanvil.com, the award-winning worldbuilding platform, novel writing software and RPG campaign manager with more than three million users.

What if a publisher you loved accidentally bought an AI story? 😱 It happened to Bona Books and I couldn’t be more impressed with their approach… Check out their shared blog to see how’s it’s done 👌🙌

Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼@bonabooks.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Silence is the wrong response. That’s why today we are publishing ‘The Machines Are Coming For Your Masthead”, a report on our experiences, small press publishing in the age of AI. Read the blog. Download the report. Share your thoughts - we want to hear them. (20/20 - fin)

New books in the world is ALWAYS a reason to celebrate! Congratulations @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social and @mikebrooks668.bsky.social on your work launching today 🙌✨🥳 (And of course, shout out to our amazing agent @losbennett.bsky.social of The Liverpool Literary Agenc my) 🥰

I get one unexpected bonus day MetropolCon Berlin ! Excited for today’s programme 🙌✨🥰🥳

This is a fun exploration from @worldanvil.bsky.social of the “Tiffany Problem” of #worldbuilding and how to avoid it.

What is the Tiffany Problem in Worldbuilding?

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Build a new world world in 60 minutes? My first live version of this workshop at @MetropolConBerlin went down a storm! Thank you everyone who joined, and remember to ping me if you wanted the sheets!

Every Friday, we meet a BFS member & peer deep into their soul. We're off to Greece today to meet the co-founder of @worldanvil.bsky.social, Janet Forbes, who not only writes across genres but also formats, including TTRPGs and other people's IP. britishfantasysociety.org/meet-janet-f...

Join us for Worldbuilding Con 26 - GAMEMASTER EDITION! 4 amazing sessions with industry legends, downloadable worksheets & audience participation to learn how to create your own homebrew TTRPG adventure! ➡️ subscribepage.io/WBC26-GM #dungeonmastertips #ttrpg #dungeonmaster #dndadvice #gamemaster #dnd

Catch this while you can! One of the stretch goals is a 5th level adventure written by our own Janet Forbes... @worldanvil.bsky.social (also there's, a ✨gorgeous✨ tarot-sized oracle deck!)

Kobold Press@koboldpress.com · 9mo ago

Save on Night Hunters and Night Terrors during the Kickstarter - only 48 hours left! The end of the Night Hunters Kickstarter is your last chance to add a dose of horror to your TOV and 5E 2014 adventures with a pair of sinister hardcovers for less than $100 ($129 CAD). bit.ly/NightHuntersKS

It's my birthday today, so I'm giving away one MASTER membership to the most excellent @worldanvil.bsky.social (World Anvil)! All you need to do is share this post to enter :) I'll pick a winner on MONDAY Feb 2nd. If you'd like to check out my book too, it's here: mybook.to/magicmapsand...

I am chatting with @worldanvil.bsky.social and @cconowitch.bsky.social about Horror RPGs in a few minutes. Join us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKpZ...

Running Horror at the RPG Table with Kobold Press

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I was so excited when @koboldpress.com invited me to write an adventure for their NIGHT HUNTERS Kickstarter - THE KISS OF THE LICH QUEEN 🥰🙌✨…

Off for a writing date with my friend Rhys, and embracing my inner dinosaur! RAAAAAARRR! 🦖🦕 (This amazing necklace was handmade by @wordigirl.bsky.social - and I cannot recommend her stuff enough ☺️🥰) #DinosaurDay #amwritingfantasy

Seizing a day off to make some cozy goblin food - and what’s more goblin than smashing things?! 🪨 😈 Smashed potatoes baked in a rich “blood” sauce alongside roasted fowl legs and some swamp greens (🥦broccoli!). #fantasyfood #dndfood

Well, that was a busy day! I took part in the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social BFS Online event, interviewing the charming Philip Reeve, managed to squeeze in some words on Rise of a Witch Queen, then chatted all things folklore with @worldanvil.bsky.social for @worldanvil.com

Game night at The Thirsty Dragon! We’re between campaigns right now so we pulled up to a local tavern, grabbed a cold ale, and strategised about our next quest! 🙌✨🥰🥳 Our new party is called Investigators of Metaphysical and the Paranomal… or IMP for short 😅😂

Today’s @worldanvil.com video tutorial is sponsored by 6 shots of black espresso and half a pack of spicy salami… #HealthGoals

A GLOWING review from Questing Beast about "The Dark Crystal RPG" (which I was lead-adventure author on!) Nice little boost for a gloomy Wednesday! 🥰

So excited I can finally announce this: Flame Tree Press picked up one of my short stories for this GORGEOUS anthology! I’m honoured to have one of my stories in such a beautiful collection! 🥰

My little Anvil (@worldanvil.com) just turned EIGHT! 🎂 🥂 Can’t believe how far we’ve come 🙌✨ Thank you to all the beautiful beans who helped us along the way 🥰

This story out today by @worldanvil.bsky.social is incredibly beautiful and spoke to my grief when I needed it most this morning. www.dreamtheory.media/song-of-the-... #Writersky #Booksky

Song of the Loom

by Janet Forbes I Sang to the loom, the day my mother died.   My hands were an echo of hers. Heavy with grief, they wove eight hundred threads onto the frame, a hundred for each string of her Lyra. ...

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