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Writing and essays

Essays from The Search For The Meaning of Life (Interested in The Search for the meaning of life?)

Other Writing

How to Change Your Life
The Secret
Get Writing Now: Guaranteed
Stop the excuses and make a website
Short Essay on Visualization
Learn to Read Sheet Music and Forget the Tab - advice for Guitarists
How to Draw Castle Floor Plans

On the Topic of Writing

Tutorials and Tips on Game Making

Get a job in the Video game Industry -This used to be very difficult to do. You had to be a crackshot programmer with a lot of time to code up a game. Today's game industry has matured and there are lots of specialized jobs that you could snag.
Love to make a video game? But don't even know where to start? I have a tutorial and overview here that will give you then basics of the software, tools, methods and books.
How to manipulate Tiles and textures for a good look - This is very important. It is one of the most fundamental skills you need to learn if you want your game to look good
Sharpen your powers of observation - The video game is a world. You should learn to observe the world you live in more acutely. It will make you a better video game designer.
Writing a script - Some practical tips and knowledge on writing your first script. You should write a script so you can keep track of what happens in your game.
Just starting with world building? Here are some useful tips and hints and adivce.
Making models and characters - Some useful information about what modeling is and what software is used. There is free software available.
Learn how to program while you make games
Don't know much about programming but want to learn and at the same time make video games? DarkBASIC is perfect for you. It uses a customized version of BASIC. The software suite is all inclusive. Everything you need is right there including a great tutorial. More Info about DarkBASIC

Will's Blogs

My Author Plog On Amazon.com where I connect with my fans. Keep informed about my writing. See my profile, get a listing of my books and read my author profile.
Heroic Dreams Blog - All about Epic Fantasy in movies, books and more. Analysis and essays. If you love fantasy you should subscribe to this blog
The Search for the meaning of Life - One man's search
Misguided Brilliance - things are not what they seem. We need to examine and question what we do and why
Lion's Last Kill - The blog where I post my podcast chapters of the novel
willkalif.com - A blog but not a blog
Are you looking for motivation to start writing? Read the hilarious circumstances that decided one man's fate to be a poor starving writer. How it all began

Fulcrum Shift
First Novel

First Novel
I have built the complete first chapter of the novel into a webpage. You can visit it now and read it. Chapter 1 Fulcrum Shift

Fulcrum Shift is an epic fantasy novel filled with dark horror, mythical creatures , and pulse-pounding, sworld-wielding action.

The Lefthanded Sword
Second Novel (not yet published)
But you can get a sneak preview.

The First Chapter -A sneak peek
I have posted an unedited version of the first chapter of the novel to a webpage. Feel free to read it. Chapter One - The Left-handed Sword

willkalif.com - ?

Storm The Castle.com
Will's oldest website and primary author site. Predominantly His writing, fantasy works, books, classical guitar and fantasy diorama making. A mix of his various interests and hobbies.

knight-medieval.com - all about medieval knights

CastleFiction.com The fantasy site with a focus more on fantasy fiction books. More medieval stuff, swords, weapons armor.

Epic-fantasy.com - site devoted to epic fantasy. Essays, fiction, analysis of the genre. Books and reviews of everything epic fantasy.

The Heroic Dreams Blog Will's daily postings about the genre of fantasy.

The fantasy Forum - The forum devoted to the genre of fantasy. Registration is free. Join in and discuss anything in the world of fantasy from books to movies and more.

The Medieval Website - Devoted to all things medieval with a particular bend towards weapons.

Medieval Castles Website - All about medieval castles.

The Penny Quest ?

Sub Websites of particular interest:

How to Make a video game tutorial - very popular
How to Make a fantasy diorama - very popular
How to Play classical guitar
How to make a shoebox diorama - easy and popular
How to earn money with your website the honest way
How to make a shadowbox diorama
The Babes of Science Fiction & fantasy
The Search for the Meaning of Life
Darkness - a visual/written metaphor in short stories
Lions Last Kill the audio podcast chapter by chapter as read by Will
How to make a catapult - Make the table Top Troll Catapult a complete tutorial with pictures
How to make a Trebuchet - A complete tutorial on how to make the Little Dragonl Trebuchet
Essays and advice for writers - A series of essay for writers with a particular slant toward fantasy writing

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