An Author's Guide to Setting Design: Worldbuilding & Cartograph (eBook) *PREORDER*

$11.99

An Author's Guide to Setting Design: Worldbuilding & Cartograph (eBook) *PREORDER*

Adam Bassett

An Author's Guide to Setting Design: Worldbuilding & Cartograph (eBook) PREORDER

$11.99

Digital | Independently Published

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Non-fiction

This is a preorder. An Author's Guide to Setting Design will be released in 2026 and will not be available for download until release date.

A map at the beginning of a book is a sure sign of adventure, discovery, and a story to get lost in. This reference book helps you bring fictional settings to life, whether you're trying to improve your story's worldbuilding or illustrating a map for it.

To do this, we must ask how the story affects the map. What cultures, magic, advanced technology, or alien life might play a role in shaping the world? The story and map should be intricately connected.

This reference book includes 130 illustrated examples of maps both real and fictional. It is a love letter to science fiction & fantasy, and a guidebook for authors who seek to immerse readers in their own worlds.

*Please note this is a digital product only which will be delivered via email. No physical book will be provided.

Non-fiction
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About the Author:

Adam (he/him) is a UX / UI designer, author, and illustrator. He's the author of genre fiction such as the Digital Extremities and Copper & Ash series, as well as his non-fiction reference book AN AUTHOR'S GUIDE TO SETTING DESIGN: WORLDBUILDING & CARTOGRAPHY. His work also appears in anthologies by Two Doctors Media and Alex Parker Publishing. He previously volunteered with Worldbuilding Magazine, and has published several fictional and non-fiction pieces with them as well.

Adam's illustrated maps have been published in books such as SEASON OF THE DRAGON by Natalie Wright, THE ASCENDITURE by Robyn Dabney, and UNDER A PRIATE FLAG by B.H. Pierce.