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I write a lot and have quite a few books.  So now and then I post a roundup of them for interested parties!

The Way With Worlds Series

This is what I do a lot of – writing on worldbuilding!.  You can find all of my books at www.WayWithWorlds.com! 

The core books of the series will help you get going:

Way With Worlds Book 1 –     Discusses my philosophy of worldbuilding and world creation essentials.

Way With Worlds Book 2 – Looks     at common subjects of worldbuilding like conflicts in your setting, skills     for being a good worldbuilder, and more!

When you need to focus on specifics of worldbuilding, I have an ever-growing series of deep dive minibooks.  Each provides fifty questions with additional exercises and ideas to help you focus on one subject important to you!

The current subjects are:

Sex and     Reproduction

Magic and     Technology

Food and Culture

Religion

Worldbuilding     Checkups

Characters

Superheroes

Organizations

Cities

Fashion

News

Gods and Deities

Conspiracies

Calendars and Holidays

History and Records

Natural Disasters

Man-Made Disasters

Fiction

Take a typical fantasy world – and then let it evolve into the information age.  Welcome to the solar system of Avenoth, where gods use email, demons were banished to a distant planet, and science and sorcery fling people across worlds . . .

A Bridge To The Quiet Planet –     Two future teachers of Techno-Magical safety find trying to earn their     credentials hunting odd artifacts backfires when they’re hired to put some     back . . . on a planet where gods go to die!

A School of Many Futures     - The crew is back, and finding having secrets and keeping them isn't the     same thing! Unfortunately they also find "very normal" is a     cover for "anything but" . . .

Creativity

I’m the kind of person that studies how creativity works, and I’ve distilled my findings and advice into some helpful books!

The Power Of Creative Paths –     Explores my theories of the Five Types of Creativity, how you can find     yours, and how to expand your creative skills to use more Types of     Creativity.

Agile Creativity – I take the     Agile Manifesto, a guide to adaptable project development, and show how it     can help creatives improve their work – and stay organized without being     overwhelmed.

The Art of The Brainstorm Book     – A quick guide to using a simple notebook to improve brainstorming,     reduce the stress around having new ideas, and prioritize your latest     inspirations.

Chance’s Muse – I take     everything I learned at Seventh Sanctum and my love of random tables and     charts and detail how randomness can produce inspiration!

Careers

Being a “Professional Geek” is what I do – I turned my interests into a career and have been doing my best to turn that into advice.  The following books are my ways of helping out!

Fan To Pro – My “flagship” book     on using hobbies and interests in your career – and not always in ways     you’d think!

Skill Portability – A quick     guide to how to move skills from one job to another, or even from hobbies     into your job.  Try out my “DARE” system and asses your abilities!

Resume Plus – A guide to     jazzing up a resume, sometimes to extreme measures.

Epic Resume Go! – Make a resume     a creative     act so it’s both better and more enjoyable to make!

Quest For Employment – Where I     distill down my job search experiences and ways to take the search     further.

Cosplay,     Costuming, and Careers – An interview-driven book about ways to     leverage cosplay interests to help your career!

Fanart,     Fanartists, and Careers – My second interview-driven book about ways     to leverage fanart to help your career!

Convention Career Connection     – A system for coming up with good career panels for conventions!

Culture

Her     Eternal Moonlight – My co-author Bonnie and I analyze the impact     Sailor Moon had on women’s lives when it first came to North     America.  Based on a series of interviews, there’s a lot to analyze     here, and surprisingly consistent themes . . .

My Sites

www.StevenSavage.com – My personal     website, with my blog and latest updates.

www.InformoTron.com – My press     site, with the links to my books and some extra goodies!

stevensavage answered your question “Mink from Dragon Half is probably happening for AX. This is a really...”

Mink isn't a character you see as much, so why not? Also I'd suggest #2 both as you seem to feel more comfortable AND building the armor could be interesting.

That’s partly why I want to do her. It’s an idea that I’ve been kicking around for a while, and at this point, I might as well go for it. (Plus, I love Kotono Mitsuishi, her seiyuu is a bonus.)

I think I would be more comfortable with the less naked one. And learning armor would be a lot of fun, plus all that detailing.

thatsweetbean answered your question “Mink from Dragon Half is probably happening for AX. This is a really...”

I actually like the first one better, but maybe add the little skirt from the second one to it? The armor looks more dragon-like from the manga though, and doesn't have those ridiculous boobs @_@

I also like the design of the first one better, but the more naked thing bothers me. Adding the little half skirt is a good idea, though. I could do that, and since she has so many designs in the manga, I doubt anyone would really know or care that it’s not canon. (And I think that anyone who is going to recognize Mink would recognize her regardless of outfit, as long as the hair is the same, the colors are the same, it’s bikini armor, and I have the wings/tail/horns.)

The ridiculous boobs in the second image are quite ridiculous. Not sure if I have enough natural boobage to pull that off. But on the other hand, it’s Mink, so I feel like I should do something with cone boobs. At least it’s not her outfit from the anime. Speaking of ridiculous boobs. (Seriously that top she wears in the anime shouldn’t be physically possible with the amount of cutout space and plunge it has.)

squigglydigg answered your question “Mink from Dragon Half is probably happening for AX. This is a really...”

Cosplaying from an ecchi series is kinda inviting nasty comments, even if you don't intend to. Plus, nearly nekkid. Plus, IT'S REALLY HARD.

Thanks for being the voice of reason! :D

I don’t mind being nearly naked for modesty reasons, but I am a bit of a creeper magnet. Though the series is so old that I’m not sure if your average creeper would know it and know that it’s an ecchi series, but I feel like bikini armor in general is such a straight dude fantasy that it would be possibly inviting trouble anyway, whether someone knows the series or not. I’ll be sure to stick with tall, intimidating-looking friends while wearing it. Being nearly naked is good when it’ll be LA in July in a convention center with roughly 100k people in it, though.

Honestly, the creeper factor is the biggest qualm I have with cosplaying Mink in general. I always tell myself that I won’t make more creeper magnet cosplays, but here I am. I never learn.