Hello from an aspiring author

[nwisth]

Hi! Niels from Oslo, Norway here. I've been lurking around the guild, looking in from the outside, and finally decided to register.

At 40, I run a tiny communications agency by day, but when I'm not doing graphic design, editing films or writing promotional articles for my corporate clients, I enjoy dabbling in fiction. For the last year-and-a-half, I've been working on the Theia project - an ambitious epic fantasy series, set on a world of my own design.

I've spent quite a bit of time mapping out my planet - starting on the large scale world map, and working my way down through a continent map, then country maps and city maps detailing the places featured in the story. I've gotten a lot of tips and inspiration from the Cartographer's guild, and I'm hoping to share some of my maps here.

As a small spoiler, I can reveal that one of the viewpoint characters is, in fact, a cartographer by trade. :)

I plan to post the various maps somewhere else, but here is a teaser image, showing Theia in all her ringed glory.

TheiaProject.jpg


-Niels

[L.KC]

Hello,

I'm a writer I know what my world looks like in my head I just have to get it down properly! Looking forward to seeing some of your work.

[nwisth]

Luckily, this place is full of neat tricks on how to get that done!

I'm excited to share some of my stuff - I just need to figure out where to post it. I guess it'll be in the WIP section since I keep tinkering with things.

[L.KC]

Yes, I've been posting in there but I think you need to have 5 posts before you can post a thread. Simply comment on other's threads

[nwisth]

I tried posting a long post in the World Map section - it seemed to go through, but it's awaiting moderation to see if I'm not a spammer. Hopefully it'll go through soon!

-Niels

[Alex Parker]

Hi! Niels from Oslo, Norway here. I've been lurking around the guild, looking in from the outside, and finally decided to register.

At 40, I run a tiny communications agency by day, but when I'm not doing graphic design, editing films or writing promotional articles for my corporate clients, I enjoy dabbling in fiction. For the last year-and-a-half, I've been working on the Theia project - an ambitious epic fantasy series, set on a world of my own design.

I've spent quite a bit of time mapping out my planet - starting on the large scale world map, and working my way down through a continent map, then country maps and city maps detailing the places featured in the story. I've gotten a lot of tips and inspiration from the Cartographer's guild, and I'm hoping to share some of my maps here.

As a small spoiler, I can reveal that one of the viewpoint characters is, in fact, a cartographer by trade.

I plan to post the various maps somewhere else, but here is a teaser image, showing Theia in all her ringed glory.

TheiaProject.jpg


-Niels

Looks great, mate! I never thought to add an asteroid belt round a planet of mine! I love it!

Alex

[nwisth]

Thanks, Alex!

Luckily for the inhabitants, Theia's ring isn't made up of asteroids, or they'd get a lot of trouble with falling rocks at the equator.

A ring is a very fun feature to have - there's a lot of things to think of, like how its shadow affects climate and how it's an aid in navigation.

-Niels

[elboe]

Very nice to have you here! Your project sounds great, can't wait to see your world. I started out as a lurker but finally registered last winter to do some of the challenges. Everyone is very helpful and will critique your work.