{"id":55,"date":"2013-08-11T23:19:43","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T06:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/?p=55"},"modified":"2013-08-11T23:19:43","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T06:19:43","slug":"describing-my-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"Describing my World"},"content":{"rendered":"

I heard back from my friend Tim<\/a>, and he’s willing to do cover art for me. \u00a0I’m really excited about it! \u00a0Tim is a fantastic artist, and as we were growing up, I always assumed that our stars would rise together, me with my writing and him with his visual art. \u00a0He and I both lost our way for a while, but we’re both finding our way back to our dreams. \u00a0It would be fantastic if we could help each other achieve them.<\/p>\n

He asked me some questions to help him visualize the setting in my story, and it was a good exercise for me. \u00a0I had done quite a bit of thinking about what the characters looked like before I launched into the story, but I only had some vague notions as to what the world actually looked like. \u00a0There’s some geography in my head, some of which won’t even show up in the book. \u00a0But the architecture? \u00a0The building styles? \u00a0I hadn’t given it that much thought.<\/p>\n

As I told Tim, my setting is relatively low fantasy. \u00a0There aren’t any elves in the woods, or dwarves in their mines. \u00a0The world of A Clean Slate is primarily occupied by dirty, sweaty humans. \u00a0They don’t have medicine. \u00a0They’re not far off from starving, and if it weren’t for some key elements of the story, they’d be fighting each other and dying more often than living. \u00a0You could compare it to Game of Thrones, except I gave everyone a lobotomy and removed sexism. \u00a0The book I’m writing is my fantasy, not George’s.<\/p>\n

Actually, I really wouldn’t want to live in the world I’m writing about. \u00a0I like the comforts of home and the wonders of modern technology. \u00a0It’s an interesting world, the way a tragedy is interesting.<\/p>\n

I have a really long ways to go, still. \u00a0The word count isn’t climbing that quickly, and my focus the last couple of weekends has been almost non-existent. \u00a0Maybe I can coax out some more speed by setting a finish date. \u00a0I’m hesitant to do that, though. \u00a0I’m enjoying the process at the moment. \u00a0I just need to slice out more time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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