The Sol Stones is a collection of woks by Sarai Mannolini-Winwood, Elizabeth Baca, Madeleine Dobson and Jib Harper developed from (and still currently running) the desire to stay in touch during the CV-19 pandemic. Inspired by regular sessions using the Uncharted World mechanics it is a science-fiction space opera of three coworkers who are thrown out of their time and place and must find a way home. Each session is represented by a collection of "artefacts" collected by an author of a later period and work together to tell the collective adventures of the three women in a narratively fragmented format. These are constructed by various members of the group and supported with images taken from Creative Commons. We hope you enjoy our story-telling.

This set of posts will follow the process of undertaking research to create an article for The Artifice.

The topic for this article is: the concept of the guilty pleasure in reading.

Role playing games can provide some great sources of inspiration for writers. Not only in engaging as a player or a dungeon/game master, but also by utilising some of their resources.

Researching popular culture is a fascinating activity. It requires looking at a range of sources to gain a “taste” of the cultural perceptions inherent in the work. This two part post will be looking at the key factors that need to be considered as an author when beginning to research a popular culture article.

When looking at a Hollywood blockbuster film there are a range of areas to consider:

There are two ways I mean this, one is chronologically and the other is topographically.

An ongoing dinner table discussion has been the question of “what three books would you take to help rebuild the future?” This discussion was prompted by a final scene in the 1960 film The Time Machine, based on the novel by H.G.

Researching popular culture is a fascinating activity. It requires looking at a range of sources to gain a “taste” of the cultural perceptions inherent in the work. This two part post will be looking at the key factors that need to be considered as an author when beginning to research a popular culture article.

When looking at a Hollywood blockbuster film there are a range of areas to consider:

Podcasts can be one of the most useful tools for a writer. They are easy to access, they are plentiful and diverse, they are FREE!, and they are something you can listen to while doing other tasks.

Having trouble getting that scene to work just write? Attempt to curate the music for the scene. This is a little strategy that only works if you already know what you want to have happen but for some reason the scene just isn’t going down on the page correctly.