Almost finished the world map and the new map of Jael. I just need to add darker boundary lines. Jael is the main province (land) in the series. Book 1, The Sciell, was set in only two places- De’Ray and Raesul. The characters didn’t care about the rest of the land. In Books 2 and 3,…
Creating this land was…something special. I experimented with some fun effects. I had to play around with Photoshop because I couldn’t find the map making tutorial I needed. Last week, I introduced you to Sorin. Now, it looks like this: I like the map, but there’s something off about it. Don’t know what’s bothering me,…
First, I made a country. Now, I need to tackle the world. I’ve started working on the world map for Chains of the Sciell, Book 2 of The Merging Worlds Trilogy. I’m doing this more for fun. The characters never leave Jael. It’ll be useful to include a world map in the book since the story…
You need to know every part of your world even if it’s not in the story. I started working on the world map- a digital version of this: And, it did not turn out the way I wanted it to. I mean it is tragic. I won’t even share it with you. But, making Jael…
There comes a time in almost every fantasy writer’s life when we have to make a map. They can be kind of a pain and they take forever to make. Since my funds are limited, I couldn’t hire someone to do it for me. So, I did research. I pulled out all my fantasy books…
The Bridge by Gate-to-Nowhere Working on two (or three) novels at a time usually means you don’t finish any of them, at least for me it does. I discovered though, for a Dark Fantasy series, you kinda have to work on all the books at once. Or, at the very least, have a firm grasp…
I have a love/hate relationship with World Building. It’s a brilliant puzzle but it’s also a nightmare when your world gets too big for you to sort out all the information in your head or even through a journal. To help with this, I started drawing. I’m not great at it but the images help…
