Episode 13, part 2: Get Started Worldbuilding for Novels and RPGS with Dr. Trent Hergenrader World Anvil Worldbuilding Podcast

My guest today is Dr Trent Hergenrader, Professor of Worldbuilding! Trent Hergenrader is a real life Professor of Worldbuilding! He holds a position as Associate Professor in the Department of English at the Rochester Institute of Technology, USA. He teaches worldbuilding modules and this semester he’s using World Anvil to teach his class!
His fiction writing has appeared in such places as Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk, and Best Horror of the Year #1. He is co-editor of Creative Writing in the Digital Age (Bloomsbury, 2015) and Creative Writing Innovations (Bloomsbury, 2017). His book “Collaborative Worldbuilding for Writers and Gamers” was published in October last year by Bloomsbury and was an instant success. 
Check out http://www.collaborativeworldbuilding.com  and  https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/collaborative-worldbuilding  for the Collaborative Worldbuilding book and cards. 
You can also hit up Trent on Twitter at @thergenrade and @collabworldbldg, and go to http://www.trenthergenrader.com for all his complete professional profile and activities!


Janet Forbes (pen-name J.D. Blythe) is a published fantasy author, professional Dungeons and Dragons Streamer, and also the co-founder of World Anvil, the ULTIMATE worldbuilding platform for writers and tabletop gamers! 
Follow her on Twitter to keep up with her latest content, advice and publications: https://www.twitter.com/JD_Blythe 

You can find her first novelette here: https://kyanitepublishing.com/product/kyanite-press-v2i1/