Archetype was born out of the need to overcome creative lock-up when writing stories or creating new characters for games. It provides the random stimulus you sometimes need to prime your imagination, collected from surveying the common themes of more than 1,000 memorable characters from movies, books and games.

Each box of Archetype consists of 125 cards in 4 flavors, each representing one dimension of a character:

• Roles - A character’s outward-facing place in the world around them.

• Quirks - A notable physical trait that makes a character physically memorable.

• Motivations - The inward-facing hopes and dreams of a character.

• Goals - What the character is doing now.

Use them individually or all together to make a descriptive sentence about a new character that you can jump off from.

Archetype was born out of the need to overcome creative lock-up when writing stories or creating new characters for games. It provides the random stimulus you sometimes need to prime your imagination, collected from surveying the common themes of more than 1,000 memorable characters from movies, books and games.

The print and play version comes with 125 printable cards in 4 flavors, each representing one dimension of a character:

• Roles - A character’s outward-facing place in the world around them.

• Quirks - A notable physical trait that makes a character physically memorable.

• Motivations - The inward-facing hopes and dreams of a character.

• Goals - What the character is doing now.

Use them individually or all together to make a descriptive sentence about a new character that you can jump off from.

An imaginative picture book for Moms and the children who love them...

Join Abigail on her adventure to discover the secret life of that most mysterious of creatures, the North American Mommy. Follow her as she hunts for her traditional prey...the Morning-icus Coffee-icus, and watch as she does battle with her dreaded enemy...the Dead-lion.

Field Guide to the North American Mommy is a joyful romp through the day-in-the-life of a work-from-home Mom through the imagination of her young daughter.

Also available on: IndieBound, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Kindle