Hi #DecemberWorldbuilders! Families in my MC’s village are slightly unconventional. Remarrying is very common and many people have some kind of “blended home”. Housing is limited, so decisions about who lives with who is often a matter of practicality more than anything else.

Hi #DecemberWorldbuilders! There is a loose concept for astrology but I haven’t worked on it in detail (might come up in sequel though). It is thought by most that The Spirits make their home in the skies, and the stars tell the stories of their time Above.

Hi #DecemberWorldbuilders! Funnily enough the two peoples in my story kind of have both. The beings in the Woods demand regular sacrifices and in return the nearby village gets to live on/off the land. The cost of trying to go break the deal were so terrible that the village won’t risk it again

Hi #DecemberWorldbuilders! Now this is a hard one to answer for spoilers reason. I can say that some of the beings in the Woods can heal physical wounds with ease, should they have the time. And as for diseases… Let’s just say one plays a VERY prominent role in the story

Hi #DecemberWorldbuilders, low tech fantasy world here. Due to certain societal problems technological progress has somewhat stalled for the last several centuries, as innovation is put on hold in the name of survival and maintaining what they have.

Hi #DecemberWorldbuilders! Not anymore. Much knowledge was lost from my MC’s community and what alchemy was known has been long forgotten. And the beings who live in the Woods may practice magics, but they are not based in nearly as much logic or theory as something like alchemy

Hi #DecemberWorldbuilders! Much is forgotten about the origins of my MC’s people. Some lost to time, the rest deliberately obscured by the Elders. All that is certain is that all life ends with the Spirits, so perhaps that too is where it began…

Pre-Indy fantasy world, so more dealing with technologies. While anyone could learn to make/use them, there is intense competition for apprenticeships and the prestige that being someone with that skill set brings. And as resources are well monitored independent learning is not really a thing.

There’s nothing like needing to travel somewhere to motivate you to get through your TBR pile… Now I just need to pick which one to take with me…

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Hardest for me: Dialogue I think. I can get in my own head about it and worry that the character voices sound too much like me to stand out.

Easiest: Probably any action section. Not necessarily just fighting but any sort of dynamic sequence I have a lot of fun with and flows quite well

I’m at the point in the editing process where I am gradually showing the manuscript to different people for feedback.

Good news - I haven’t wasted months of my life on something nobody likes.

Bad news - I have more editing to do.

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