The deft touch of worldbuilding

[cupiscent]

Here's a thing about writing fantasy (or speculative fiction of any kind, really): it relies upon a contract between you and the reader that you will build a world different from the one they know, and if they follow you there, you will tell them a really interesting story

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[jennyagain]

this is exactly why i love spec fic so much, that wobbly unknowingness at the open, that the "what's this all about then?" is just so much bigger than regular ol' lit fic.

astute observations, my dear, and cleanly put.

::big spec fic hugs::

[incandescent]

Haha, I would have assumed that the housekeeper was a giant cat-woman, but maybe I've been watching too much Doctor Who. You're right. I love the mystery of figuring out a new world. That's part of the reason why it's taking so long for me to get my own novel up and running. I just keep thinking about the world I'm creating and not getting much further. :)