Useful software for authors / Map creation and book design
I have made quite a bit of progress on my fantasy novel in the last few days. I am about 8% into the actual writing, but that should from now on go faster. A lot of my time was spent on researching map design and book formatting, so it would look great in print and on various devices like tablets and e-readers. It was a lot to take in. Map Design for authors Most fantasy books have maps. Some have great maps, some have basic maps. Think of Tolkien's Middle Earth maps and George R.R. Martin's Westeros map. These maps are not only useful for readers. They are a great tool for authors themselves. If you know what your world looks like, you can avoid mistakes like making a hike last two days if the distance could actually be walked in half a day. Creating a map for your story also helps you with getting more ideas about who lives in your world, what it is focused on, which challenges there are based on the landscape, etc. I first thought I'd only make a basic map by hand and...