And it Devolved Into a Discussion About Biryani

Well, not much to report here, except that I have been preparing for a workshop beginning soon. My story arc for the first novel of my Compendium Series is beginning to gel nicely. I can even see where it is going in future novels and have started to have ideas for plants to begin as early as the first novel. I also think my theme is deepening and developing, and I feel the world starting to come alive in my head. I'm 20% of the way through a book on writing fantasy and sci-fi novels. I am primarily reading this book for the world building advice. As this is the first time I have to come up with an entirely new world for a novel, I think I could use some help getting organized and touching all the areas that need to be addressed in my outlining phase.

It will probably be another 30 days or so before I actually start the first draft of my first Compendium book, but I am already thinking that I may post my daily word count on my twitter account (@alia) so that I can have some public acco…