World-building is one of my favorite things about storytelling...and you probably won't be shocked to hear that I blame J.R.R. Tolkien. A prolific world-builder himself, Tolkien created an entire "mythopoeia"--a fictional mythology so rich and complex that writers have envied, imitated, and sighed over it for over half a century. I'm nowhere near as brilliant … Continue reading The World of Operation Lionhearted