-Months become "moons"

-You finally decide to try mead

-You dive into ancient deity rabbit holes on Wikipedia

-You're realizing simple math is harder than you thought

-You're placing vewols where thay don't belong bacause it laaks cool

-You're slowly learning to make mead

-Looks cool also to rearrange words, and so it you do, and with brazen stride

-You dive into medieval history rabbit holes on Wikipedia

-You try elderberry wine

-You're watching videos of people tumble so you can accurately describe how your rogue escapes an enemy with perfect execution

-You're slowly learning to make wine

-You dive into industrial age rabbit holes on Wikipedia

-There is naught but mead and wine; drink deeply and revel, fellow bards

-You've spent so many moons immersed in worldbuilding that you've become a master of the quill and all quake at the power of your written word

You know you’re writing fantasy when you start building a world so deep you have to explain your explanations…

When you have notebooks with notes trying to come up with the best made-up,unpronounceable names for your characters…

And when you realize you should really rethink this world you’re building ’cause even you can’t keep it straight.

You know you are writing fantasy when

Your computer gets flagged by the school system

When you have hundreds of websites bookmarked.

When you know more than most people about mid evil weapons

When you create a monster that scares even your friends

When you create a whole new universe, plants and stars.

When you create other realities and their rules.

You know that you're writing a fantasy when your principal calls you in because you keep googling lethal doses of poison and how to procure them in nature.

You know that you're writing a fantasy when you accidentally start cursing in a made-up language.

You know that you're writing a fantasy when you get stares in public as you not-so-subtly make spell-casting hand motions to yourself.

You know you're writing fantasy when your ongoing storyline gets more and more outlandish, but hey, it's a fantasy story, so it's all good!

Shameless self-promotion for my own ongoing fantasy storylines:

"The Ultimate Hero Network? A Short Story Collection" - https://theprose.com/book/3184/the-ultimate-hero-network-a-short-story-collection

"New Adventurers: Enter The Pirate & Crew!" - https://theprose.com/book/3137/new-adventurers-enter-the-pirate-crew