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Game of Gnomes… Gnome Man’s Land… How do you classify gnomes? With a bi-gnomeal gnominclature! But seriously, gnome pun intended! Alright, enough with the gnome puns. Now, in all seriousness, gnomes have become an odd part of our culture and are known Guglich - [Journey of a World Builder - Part 8](https://stevenguglich.com/journey-of-a-world-builder-part-8/) - The Elves - Part 2 The illustrations of Erwin J. Arroza have once again brought a race from The Veil Saga to life. This month we revisit the elves of The Veil Saga. In Journey of a World Builder Part 4 we looked at how the mainstream ideas and views on elves in our culture, - [Journey of a World Builder - Part 7](https://stevenguglich.com/journey-of-a-world-builder-part-7/) - The World According to… Me! By Steven A. Guglich One of the aspects of writing that I enjoy most is world building. There are worlds in my mind that I get to see slowly form as I imagine the flora, fauna, minerals, and cultures of this world. In my mind I can manipulate and adjust - [Journey of a World Builder - Part 6](https://stevenguglich.com/journey-of-a-world-builder-part-6/) - The Art of The Veil Saga - Journey of A World Builder - Part 6 - [Journey of a World Builder - Part 5](https://stevenguglich.com/the-magic-of-the-veil-saga/) - Magic in the World of The Veil Saga – Journey of A World Builder – Part 5 - [Journey of a World Builder - Part 4](https://stevenguglich.com/journey-of-world-builder-part-4/) - The Elves – Journey of A World Builder – Part 4 - [Journey of a World Builder - Part 3](https://stevenguglich.com/journey-of-a-world-builder-part-3/) - Research – Journey of A World Builder – Part 3 - [Journey of a World Builder - Part 2](https://stevenguglich.com/journey-of-a-world-builder-part-2/) - The Dweorg – Journey of A World Builder – Part 2 - [Journey of a World Builder - Part 1](https://stevenguglich.com/journey-of-a-world-builder-part-1/) - Join me on a journey... - [Why I Write Clean Fiction](https://stevenguglich.com/why-i-write-clean-fiction/) - I’ve been asked a few times about my commitment to writing clean fiction. As a dad, an educator, and a Christian, my values and standards are set high for what I allow my own children to ingest. Why? Because media influences us. What we see, hear, and read shapes our view of the world. It - [Journey to The Tethered World—An Interview with author Heather Love FitzGerald](https://stevenguglich.com/journey-to-the-tethered-world-an-interview-with-author-heather-love-fitzgerald/) - The literary world is an interesting place. Author’s from different backgrounds often find themselves asking the same questions… pondering the same thoughts and finding their inspiration from similar muses. In my journey to create the world of The Veil Saga, I found someone who pondered many of the same questions I did. Heather L. L. - [Guest Post: Steven A. Guglich: Culture Shock… A World Building Story Element](https://stevenguglich.com/guest-post-steven-a-guglich-culture-shock-a-world-building-story-element/) - During my journey as a world builder I have to think about how the various cultures of The Veil Saga will interact with one another. Why don't the dweorg like the koth? What do alfargnym find amusing about the faun? How does the main character of The Veil Saga react when he is taken from - [What Is the Greek Word for "Elf"?](https://stevenguglich.com/what-is-the-greek-word-for-elf/) - World Building can be quite an intensive and extensive task. I knew from the conception of the The Veil Saga, that I wanted to make these stories as realistic and in depth as possible. In my research, I found myself asking so many questions! After coming across the websites of Dr. Platypus, a college professor ## Pages - [Welcome](https://stevenguglich.com/) - Guglich GuglichSteven A. Guglich – Author Steven - [Books by Steven A. 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Experiencing the freedom of flight is liberating. However an illicit affair with her pilot instructor forces action. When she confronts - [The 11 Secrets of Getting Published](https://stevenguglich.com/books/the-11-secrets-of-getting-published-3/) - Frustrated by how much there is to learn to finally see your name in print with a big publishing house? Mired in confusion about your next steps? An accomplished nonfiction freelancer and novelist with 17 traditionally published books under her author belt, Mary DeMuth understands the twists and turns of the publishing industry. She answers - [Thriving: Trusting God for Life to The Fullest](https://stevenguglich.com/books/thriving-trusting-god-for-life-to-the-fullest-3/) - Jesus made believers a bold promise: life and life to the fullest. He offers us more than just barely getting by when challenges come our way. But that kind of life doesn't happen automatically. Thriving equips you to live the abundant life. Using personal stories and biblical insights, Nancy Grisham shows you how to appropriate - [Deadly Straits](https://stevenguglich.com/books/deadly-straits-3/) - In the tradition of Clancy and Cussler, R.E. McDermott delivers a thriller to rival the masters. When marine engineer and very part-time spook Tom Dugan becomes collateral damage in the War on Terror, he's not about to take it lying down. Falsely implicated in a hijacking, he's offered a chance to clear himself by helping - [A Second Cup of Hot Apple Cider](https://stevenguglich.com/books/a-second-cup-of-hot-apple-cider-3/) - A Second Cup of Hot Apple Cider is the follow-up to the bestseller, Hot Apple Cider: Words to Stir the Heart and Warm the Soul. A Second Cup won the 2012 Christian Small Publishers Gift Book Award Winner along with six 2012 The Word Awards and seven Awards of Merit. Midwest Book Review called A - [Designing Web & Mobile Graphics](https://stevenguglich.com/books/designing-web-mobile-graphics-3/) - Graphics are key to the user experience of online content, especially now that users are accessing that content on a multitude of devices: smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops. This book provides foundational methodology for optimal use of graphics that begins with HTML and CSS, and delves into the worlds of typography, color, transparency, accessibility, imagery, - [Writing Fiction for Dummies](https://stevenguglich.com/books/writing-fiction-for-dummies-3/) - So you want to write a novel? Great! That's a worthy goal, no matter what your reason. But don't settle for just writing a novel. Aim high. Write a novel that you intend to sell to a publisher. Writing Fiction for Dummies is a complete guide designed to coach you every step along the path - [Flying Solo](https://stevenguglich.com/books/flying-solo/) - French Cajun Nora Broussard Greenwood was born with the wanderlust. Her adventurous spirit doesn't fit the sedate expectations of catholic 1960s New Orleans suburbia. On a whim, she takes flying lessons to become a pilot. Experiencing the freedom of flight is liberating. However an illicit affair with her pilot instructor forces action. When she confronts - [Confident Faith](https://stevenguglich.com/books/confident-faith/) - In Confident Faith, Mark Mittelberg assures Christians that we can be confident in our beliefs. There's no reason to be timid about what we believe, because our beliefs can stand up to the test. Truth isn't dependent on how a person feels or one's own point of view, as so many assert. On the contrary, - [Confident Faith](https://stevenguglich.com/books/confident-faith-2/) - In Confident Faith, Mark Mittelberg assures Christians that we can be confident in our beliefs. There's no reason to be timid about what we believe, because our beliefs can stand up to the test. Truth isn't dependent on how a person feels or one's own point of view, as so many assert. On the contrary, - [Thriving: Trusting God for Life to The Fullest](https://stevenguglich.com/books/thriving-trusting-god-for-life-to-the-fullest-2/) - Jesus made believers a bold promise: life and life to the fullest. He offers us more than just barely getting by when challenges come our way. But that kind of life doesn't happen automatically. Thriving equips you to live the abundant life. Using personal stories and biblical insights, Nancy Grisham shows you how to appropriate - [Thriving: Trusting God for Life to The Fullest](https://stevenguglich.com/books/thriving-trusting-god-for-life-to-the-fullest/) - Jesus made believers a bold promise: life and life to the fullest. He offers us more than just barely getting by when challenges come our way. But that kind of life doesn't happen automatically. Thriving equips you to live the abundant life. Using personal stories and biblical insights, Nancy Grisham shows you how to appropriate - [The 11 Secrets of Getting Published](https://stevenguglich.com/books/the-11-secrets-of-getting-published/) - Frustrated by how much there is to learn to finally see your name in print with a big publishing house? Mired in confusion about your next steps? An accomplished nonfiction freelancer and novelist with 17 traditionally published books under her author belt, Mary DeMuth understands the twists and turns of the publishing industry. She answers - [The 11 Secrets of Getting Published](https://stevenguglich.com/books/the-11-secrets-of-getting-published-2/) - Frustrated by how much there is to learn to finally see your name in print with a big publishing house? Mired in confusion about your next steps? An accomplished nonfiction freelancer and novelist with 17 traditionally published books under her author belt, Mary DeMuth understands the twists and turns of the publishing industry. She answers - [Deadly Straits](https://stevenguglich.com/books/deadly-straits-2/) - In the tradition of Clancy and Cussler, R.E. McDermott delivers a thriller to rival the masters. When marine engineer and very part-time spook Tom Dugan becomes collateral damage in the War on Terror, he's not about to take it lying down. Falsely implicated in a hijacking, he's offered a chance to clear himself by helping - [Deadly Straits](https://stevenguglich.com/books/deadly-straits/) - In the tradition of Clancy and Cussler, R.E. McDermott delivers a thriller to rival the masters. When marine engineer and very part-time spook Tom Dugan becomes collateral damage in the War on Terror, he's not about to take it lying down. Falsely implicated in a hijacking, he's offered a chance to clear himself by helping - [A Second Cup of Hot Apple Cider](https://stevenguglich.com/books/a-second-cup-of-hot-apple-cider/) - A Second Cup of Hot Apple Cider is the follow-up to the bestseller, Hot Apple Cider: Words to Stir the Heart and Warm the Soul. A Second Cup won the 2012 Christian Small Publishers Gift Book Award Winner along with six 2012 The Word Awards and seven Awards of Merit. Midwest Book Review called A - [A Second Cup of Hot Apple Cider](https://stevenguglich.com/books/a-second-cup-of-hot-apple-cider-2/) - A Second Cup of Hot Apple Cider is the follow-up to the bestseller, Hot Apple Cider: Words to Stir the Heart and Warm the Soul. 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He is known around the world as “the Snowflake Guy,” thanks to his Web site article on the Snowflake method, which has been viewed more than a million times. Before venturing into fiction, Randy earned a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of California at Berkeley. Randy has taught fiction at numerous writing conferences and sits on the advisory board of American Christian Fiction Writers. He also publishes the world’s largest e-zine on how to write fiction, The Advanced Fiction Writing E-zine. Randy’s first two novels won Christy awards, and his second novel Oxygen, coauthored with John B. Olson, earned a spot on the New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age list. - [Christopher Schmitt](https://stevenguglich.com/authors/cschmitt/) - Christopher Schmitt is the founder of Heatvision.com, Inc., an Austin-based new media publishing and design firm. An award-winning web designer who has been working in the medium for twenty years, Christopher interned for both David Siegel and Lynda Weinman as an undergraduate at Florida State University. He has a Masters in Communication for Interactive and New Communication Technologies, and is the author of six books, Including CSS Cookbook, which was named Best Web Design Book of 2006. - [N. J. Lindquist](https://stevenguglich.com/authors/njlindquist/) - N. J. Lindquist is the creator and publisher of the best-selling Hot Apple Cider books, and the author of the award-winning The Circle of Friends YA series and the standalone novel, In Time of Trouble. In past lives, she has been a high school Teacher of the Year, a homeschooler, part of several church planting teams, a youth leader, a CE Director, a church planter, a small group leader, and founder and executive director of a national writers group. She has been speaking to groups of all sizes since she was in her early twenties with messages of hope, creativity, leadership, and making disciples. - [R. E. McDermott](https://stevenguglich.com/authors/remcdermott/) - R. E. McDermott is a merchant seaman by training. After graduation from the Merchant Marine Academy, he sailed for several years, and then spent thirty years as a marine consultant. He has traveled widely, seen interesting things, and lived in several countries. He has come to know more than a few interesting characters in his travels, and bits and pieces of them populate his novels. - [Mary DeMuth](https://stevenguglich.com/authors/mdemuth/) - Mary DeMuth is the author of 17 traditionally published books, and she intimately knows and understands the publishing industry. She often speaks at major writing conferences around the United States, and she mentors writers toward publication at The Writing Spa. She lives with her husband and three teens in Texas. - [Nancy Grisham](https://stevenguglich.com/authors/ngrisham/) - Nancy Grisham launched the speaking ministry Livin’ Ignited in 2004. She has been a frequent teacher at Willow Creek Community Church’s midweek classes and an adjunct faculty member at Wheaton College. She lives in Denver, Colorado. - [Mark Mittleberg](https://stevenguglich.com/authors/mmittleberg/) - Mark Mittelberg is an author, speaker, and evangelism strategist. He is coauthor with Bill Hybels of Becoming a Contagious Christian and coauthor with Bill Hybels and Lee Strobel of the Becoming a Contagious Christian curriculum. He previously served as evangelism leader for the Willow Creek Association. - [Jeanette Vaughan](https://stevenguglich.com/authors/jvaughan/) - Jeanette Vaughan is well established as a writer and story teller. Not only is she published in the periodicals and professional journals of nursing, but also in the genre of fiction. Out on her sheep farm, she has written several novels and scripts. She is the mother of four children, including two Navy pilots. She lives in a Victorian farmhouse out in the pastures of northeast Texas with her sheep, chickens, donkeys and sheep dogs. ## Genres - [Writing](https://stevenguglich.com/genre/writing/) - [Web Design](https://stevenguglich.com/genre/web-design/) - [Inspirational](https://stevenguglich.com/genre/inspirational/) - [Thriller](https://stevenguglich.com/genre/thriller/) - [Christian Living](https://stevenguglich.com/genre/christian-living/) - [Historical Fiction](https://stevenguglich.com/genre/historical-fiction/) ## Tags - [Recommended Books](https://stevenguglich.com/bookstag/recommended/)