The mapmaking continues to go well. I spent a night on Skype discussing with the illustrator how we want to go about that. We may stray from the regular old-style, and we may not. It’s not quite determined, but we are looking at Lord of the Rings and Eragon for ideas. We also found out that the country in question is, as it turns out, a peninsula. It also turns out I’m an idiot at night. I somehow got East and West mixed up, jumbling up the entire map until the very end of the Skype call. I’m trying to write a book for gosh sakes, and I can’t even get East and West figured out. Goodness. I need to get my life together.
But the map is coming along, and looking better than ever. We have decided to measure it by kilos for now. Most of the world measures things that way… except the USA. Oh, ‘Murica – so determined to do your own thing you ignore everyone else on the planet.
Finally, the podcast. What do you guys want to see in the future of it? I could always use some changes, some additions, a template, fan questions, etc. Also, would it be easier if I made a different blog for the podcast itself? Be sure to let me know, and check out the podcast that is already there!! See the thing below and comment ‘fer sher.
Gabriel to Earth 
For my world, I used Alaska as inspiration. I tried to draw it so that the features have a similar feel to the geography that I’m the most familiar with. Even then, when I posted a picture of my map, a geologist friend picked it apart in a minute. All that said, I constant get east/west backward in my head. I sometimes imagine my characters walking west into the rising sun! (The world has the sun rising from the usual direction.) Good luck with it. It sounds like things are coming along swimmingly!
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