La Vie Boheme

Worldbuilding!

After a bit of self-analysis and a period of beating my head against existing faerie mythology, I decided to try setting Sword in the Mound (god, that so needs a new title--now there is neither sword nor mound involved in the plot anywhere) in (*gasp*) an original fantasy-type setting. I have never tried this level of worldbuilding before, and I have to say, so far I'm having a hell of a lot of fun. I have a notebook and notecards slowly filling up with scribbled ideas for pantheons, customs, religions, political systems. I'm doing research on antipodean geography and climate--and enjoying it! Not to mention poking through obscure civilizations and mythology for ideas.

While I periodically do a mental check to see if my plotline will fit in this world, I'm startled to admit that for the most part, the world is doing its own thing in my head, and if the book I planned to write doesn't fit in it, I may just end up writing a different book.

Not that it isn't turning into a completely different book on its own anyway. But that's another story for another post.