Coming to you a bit late this week -- I kept picking this up late at night, then holding onto it for hours when folks are more likely to actually be awake. ;) Hope that you all have had a good week, and hope that all of you on the east coast are staying safe ( Read more... )

This week's creature comes a little later in the evening than usual, but it's still Friday! Hope you all are having a good one.

Third place on the World of Andovar voting page was "Something from the Sea", so here this week we have the immortal jellyfish!

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Welcome to Creature of the Week #6! First a public service announcement: Sword of Fire and Sea is live on Amazon Kindle! It's been up for about a day and has popped onto a "top 100" list, so many of you have found it already, but this is a more persistent heads-up. :) Two nice reviews have also come in, one from Scott Barnes at NewMyths.com, who ( Read more... )

What, you didn't catch the last fourteen creatures of the week? They were stealthy, ninja-like creatures, beneath the reckoning of the lugubrious internet.

...Okay, I was finishing Lance of Earth and Sky, in addition to work and blah blah blah blah, so there was a bit of a creature pileup. But it's back, and better than ever! Thank you to those ( ( Read more... )

In case you're wondering, no, I didn't skip one! Last week's creature-of-the-week wound up being the elusive and lovely Windstone Griffin -- there was so much great response to the Windstone post that I couldn't bear to put it below the fold for the week following. Remember that you can still 'like' the Andovar page for a chance to win a baby ( Read more... )

Well, it isn't Friday, so I sneak this one in just under the radar of being a creature-of-the-week this time. This should in no way detract from the awesomeness that is the Decorator Crab.

I love these little guys for so many reasons. 1) They're from Australia. Weird, scary, wonderful things come from Australia. 2) They're masters of disguise. 3) ( Read more... )

As nambroth and xkcd tell us, nature is amazing. So in an effort to blog more often, I’ve been meaning for awhile to start a “creature of the week” blog post every Friday. So here we go!

Not only are creatures of all kinds generally amazing, they’re a major source of inspiration for me in both writing and games. Nature is full of fascinating patterns that ( Read more... )