Originally posted on Writer Babble:

Getting my second story moving is something I’ve wanted to do for a while now. I figure this is the first time I can make that cross from second draft of the first novel through to first draft of the second novel. Have both burning slowly so to speak. I’d like to think I will continue this and become amazingly prolific but life will throw up a few barriers as always. For now though I’m going to live in the fantasy world that I will and can do it.

So, back to the second story and more specifically my weird ideas of world building …

Now, I’ve always loved creating characters and I’ve spoken about that in the past here but now I want to focus on creating a vibrant world that feels alive, something convincing even. For this I could use a real city, somewhere I know and feel…

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