EVERA2023

I will have a lot to do this year.

• As for Evera, I would like to make it a completely system-independent world (Currently, D&D 3E, 3.5E and 5E and other systems based writings are also available here, mostly private articles, but still.)
• In addition, I would like to make the world (for now only) bilingual. I made the new pantheons entirely in English, as they were partly based on translations of my own writings, so I couldn't publish them under Worldember, but I will soon.
• I really like the new headers and other illustrations I've put together over the past year using AdobeExpress. For now, unfortunately, this is the maximum I am capable of in digital art. I will probably make many more of these.
• I really want to finish several short stories set in Evera. I've already started the work, I usually have trouble finishing it...

10 articles from WorldEmber2022

• I liked how it was down to the point, and the basic idea itself is extraordinary. The layout is also great.
• Lesson: Maybe I shouldn't try so hard to write The Silmarillion Two for Evera...

• I admit, as soon as I opened the page, I fell in love. The colors, the font, the layout are professional work that I still have to master. I especially liked the content tree on the sidebar. I myself started using icons this year, but only for the titles of the articles, I didn't use icons in them according to my memories.
• Lesson: I should working more on my layouts, not just the content. Maybe I can move away a little from the original WA templates?

• Thoroughly prepared, well-thought-out work. Wrapping and formatting help the reader navigate the long text. Maybe I would have moved parts of the main text to the sidebar after the Summer Camp experience, but that's a personal opinion. I loved the idea of the usually forest themed elves in a different environment (I saw the Snow-elves on the sidebar, but I'm a veteran Skyrim player, so at least the name was familiar).
• Lesson: I might put more pictures into the articles, for better visualization.

• Well, I can't eat waffles anymore (at last not store-brought, but making a gluten-diary-sugarfree batter is a nightmare), but I like the article. Nice layout, well-written and tasteful. 10/10.
• Lesson: Oh no, I just like it. It's fun, simple, pretty.

• Very nice, original writing. It encourages me to move more boldly away from my previous foundations (which is mainly Elders Scrolls, Tolkien and D&D).
• Lesson: It's very inspiring, I definitely want to add more to my existing world and mostly I want to break away from previous constraints. A lot of work, but it will pay off in the end, I hope.

• Just WOW. This one was different from the others I read, maybe, because I mainly focused on "classic" fantasy, and I feel this one more like pop-art (or something like that, but definitely different from most of the other layouts and colors). Overall: I like it, I was just surprised. And I need to add: I'm a huge fan of tea and tea-leafs and even all kind of flower teas. Well, I deviated slightly from the subject (perhaps it is 0:30 AM here...). SO.
• Lesson: More LORE into my individual works. (Where I wrote this last time? :'D)

• This is something I never done, but I love the idea and all this work, it's so good. I will show my players this game. I'm sure, that they will love it!
• Notes to myself here: This is a complex work in a good, easy-following layout. Plenty pictures, icons and colors in it.

• Nice, informative article. I love the little bar at the top, it's a content tree, I guess? I only miss some "spelling aid" from the "Examples of lesser Tai" paragraph.
• Lesson: Links, fantasy expressions and phonetic descriptions that help to pronounce names in a uniform manner are important. Longer text should be broken up with images (or icons) and shorter paragraphs can also be placed well on the sidebar if there is a lot of empty space there.

• This one is really close to what I want to achieve in my articles. Nice, good layout, pictures and links, all in the right place. Even a simple thing can be original and beautiful.
• Note to myself: Keep up!

• For the last one, an other extremely professional article, I'm so glad I find this! It's so detailed! I love all the artwork, and the description.
• Lesson: Think a bit more outside of your box... I mean, I was like, I need all natural resources as independent articles, before I can distribute them around my world. Do I? And what if they cost more or less regionally? I already spent days for the different gemstones - still W.I.P. -, but I really need that? (I'm not so sure now.)

My New Year's Resolutions for 2023

• I want to constantly work on renewing and translating Evera - if possible, extracting a new detail every day.
• At the same time, to improve my English language skills. My biggest difficulty is that I can't always express myself in a foreign language as diversely as I can in my native language, because my vocabulary is limited. (If anyone knows an English synonym dictionary page, please write a comment! I didn't trust Google...)
• In any case, I would like to complete a short story with the tale of Sir Laspdyel Pendragon in the first quarter of the year.
• In the foreseeable future, I would like to create a new Vasanna (formerly Fiore) map for the world, and I would also like to see detailed maps of the individual counties later this year. I would definitely like to prepare at least the maps of the settlements related to the short stories.

If I write anything else here, I will almost certainly not have time for it, so when these are finished, then I can take on new tasks with more courage.