Imogen Blake

A thousand townsfolk, ready to move in. Every cozy fantasy needs a town worth living in: the baker who knows everyone's secrets, the gruff innkeeper with the soft heart, the busybody who means well, the stranger who turns up with the first snow. But conjuring a whole village from a blank page is cold, slow work. 1000 Characters for Your Cozy Fantasy Novel hands you the town already populated. Across fourteen themed chapters you'll meet a thousand townsfolk - hearth-keepers and peacemakers, eccentrics and elders, festival folk and the quietly wounded - and every one comes ready to use. Inside you'll find: ·1, 000 cozy fantasy characters, organised into 14 browsable chapters·A clear want and a story seed for every entry, so each one arrives plot-ready·"Sparks-with" prompts and a mix-and-match system for wiring your cast together·Seasonal and festival folk to turn your story's year, from spring fair to midwinter·A craft guide to choosing, connecting, and growing a community that feels realWhether you're drafting your first cozy tale or filling out a beloved series, this is a character-creation and worldbuilding companion you'll reach for with every book. Open it, and bring someone to life. Companion volumes: 1000 Plot Twists and 1000 Writing Prompts.