Tag: worldbuilding

Inside Moldeth City

The Real Boss of Moldeth City Is the Zoning Board

People ask who really runs Moldeth City. It isn't the three families. It's a board that meets the second Tuesday of the month — and you can't indict a zoning board.

Inside Moldeth City

A Map of Moldeth City

Every city has a shape, and the shape tells you who's afraid of whom. A reader's guide to Moldeth City — three families, three directions, and a port nobody owns.

Craft & Voice / Inside Moldeth City

Nobody in My Books Can Quit

Every book, somebody tries to get out. Nobody does. Not cops, not cells — the loan you can't repay. On debt as the engine of a crime series.

Craft & Voice

Bad Guys Have Reasons: Writing Villains Who Aren't Cardboard

The worst thing you can do to a villain is make him evil. How to write bad guys with reasons — and why the real villain is the system.

Inside Moldeth City

The Purge: The Real History Behind Moldeth City's Ground Zero

The feds called it a victory. The old bosses had rules; the ones who replaced them didn't. The real history behind Moldeth City's ground zero.