Would like to know the name of the book your talking about.

I have found the Mike Stackpoles last two series, were very rich.

The Cartography series though a bit odd in the 3rd, was very good IMHO, and the world was very lived in to me.

Look forward to reading more here.

Lee

having characters talk about places they’ve been or are from is realistic and offers cool variances in culture and such without actually having to bring the reader there. I’m looking forward to seeing more of your story!

The reason I really want to do this is because I’m about to finish the second version of my book. I’ve developed the basics to know the general scenery, the general order of things, the general lay of the land and history, but my story completely lacks the sort of richness that I see and admire elsewhere. I think I might have to do it this way, in fact. Story first, then setting. Otherwise what comes out is a world not suited for the story in mind, and it’s a whole lot of work for nothing.

So aside from using it as a form of procrastination, why not world-build within the story? Like developing a secondary character. Someone just came from such and such a place to enter the scene… so, what was it like?

But I find it can be really hard to establish a nice balance between developing a world and actually writing it. I’ve known many people who focus so much on worldbuilding that they never write the damn story!

Anyway, watching these people develop and develop and never write has made me so leery I hardly worldbuild outside of the actual story. One of many bad habits that come back to bite me in the ass, so the worldbuilding month definitely interests me even though I’m a bit nervous about it.

Either way, whether I participate or not, I’ll definitely be reading.

As for myself, Patricia C. Wrede wrote a good guide to world-building that I think I’ll follow (if perhaps loosely). It goes over world basics, physical/historical features, magic systems, people, customs, government, commerce, trade, and daily life.

I’ll probably make this a formal announcement on Saturday, when I have time to plug it formally.

Anyway, I do like the idea of a worldbuilding month, especially since I’m working more and more on mine, because I can’t help but notice some gaps here and there. Any idea how to structure it yet? Maybe one week on geography, one week on history, one week on religion and one week on magic or something like that? Just an idea, but I’m all in for it

I’m hoping to go on a quick burst and finish the book in the next two weeks; then starting August I’m going to be hosting a carnival event. You’re more than welcome to join in, if it so interests you.

I recently completed a 145K word novel that I started submitting 17 days ago. I’m hoping for the best myself.

Anyway, there seems to be enough good stuff going on here on your blog, that I’m going to link to it. That way I can get here easier without having to leave breadcrumbs!