It’s been over four years since I updated this blog. I have not been idle but nor have I published anything yet, and it’s unlikely that I’ll be publishing anything in the near future (at least not under this name). Mostly I’ve been focused on other aspects of my life: relationships, moving between cities, study, my career in the fitness industry, travel, and, of course, the Covid-19 pandemic. And yet, despite all that, I’ve managed to find time to write and world build. In fact, in the last year and a half my world building has gone into over drive (especially in the months prior to Covid as I sort escapism from my failing PT business).
In particular, I’ve gone into a lot of detail with my histories of most of my main cultures that make up my world. I’ve drawn a lot of inspiration from George RR Martin’s ‘A World of Ice and Fire,’ as well as ancient human history. This encouraged me to consider what my world was like before written history and how many of my world’s cultures have come inhabit the parts of the world now do. I’ve also put a lot of time into plotting my novels and series as a whole.
I’ve found Trello to be the perfect tool for plotting. World Anvil provides the platform for my world bible. And I’ve been using Wonderdraft for my maps.
I would like to reboot this blog but not at the expense of my other projects. I originally stopped blogging because it was taking up too much time, that I felt would have better been used writing.
I would like to write more articles on my processes, especially updated articles, on things I do differently now. I still want to write a fairly extensive guide to World building Religions. I would also like to write more book reviews, and guides to some of the tools I’m using. Maybe I’ll even use it as a platform to publish more short stories and excerpts.
I have so much material to share, it’s just a matter of finding engaging ways to share it with others.
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