http://www.lisahartjes.com World Creation For Fun And Profit Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:01:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm doing a but of research into supernatural beasties for future books/stories in the TMA universe, and I cam across something that just gave me all kinds of really cool ideas for a story. It may be mentioned that to-day the Greeks of the Isle of Karpathos (Scarpanto) never bury a ... http://www.lisahartjes.com/when-research-can-give-you-great-ideas/ It's been almost three weeks since I last posted. Things have been crazy here. I've been trying to work on TMA to little success, and the time I used to devote to writing is being taken up by other things. I'm spending that time learning how to ... http://www.lisahartjes.com/how-time-flies/ In my last blog entry, I talked about research. Specifically, how to deal with the realization you need to do some more research when you're in the middle of writing. I was going to look at how to organize your research today, but I've got too many things ... http://www.lisahartjes.com/whats-up-for-tomorrow/ That's the question, isn't it. When you're getting ready to write, you've done a bunch of world building. For the most part, your research should be done. Of course, things always pop up while you're working on a chapter that you didn't expect. So what do you do? ... http://www.lisahartjes.com/research-or-not-to-research/ I am not much of a morning person. It takes me a while to get going, to motivate myself to get out of bed. It's worse when it's winter because we keep the temperature at 65 during the day (reducing it to 57, I think, at night), and ... http://www.lisahartjes.com/the-world-as-inspiration/ Today we have our first "guest blog". I subscribe to a vsat number of mailing lists, one of which is one for ProFantasy and their products. Bill Wire wrote a very good article/message about designing a city, and I got his permission to post it here. If ... http://www.lisahartjes.com/designing-a-city/ I can't believe it's Wednesday already. So much to do. Chapter 13 is progressing slowly. I still plan on having it done by Friday, but we'll see. Much of my time today will be taken up by doing an emergency-speed crit for a member of my ... http://www.lisahartjes.com/a-late-start/ You know how the phrase goes, the best laid plans of mice and men, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and so on. Well, they all apply here. Getting a blog entry done yesterday didn't pan out, and I doubt I'm going to be able ... http://www.lisahartjes.com/best-laid-plans/ So much for three pages. Got one and a half pages written, will try to catch up tomorrow. (fingers crossed) http://www.lisahartjes.com/and-its-a-fumble/ Let's just say the weekend was a write-off. No details to be shared. However, I woke up this morning feeling great, and looking forward to working on TMA. It's going to be a short week for this week, as we're going to visit my parents. Don't ... http://www.lisahartjes.com/a-good-start-to-the-week/