I decided to do some geeky tinkering lately and wondered if there was a way to turn my flat 2D Maldene map into a globe. Turns out there is, and animate it as well. My first draft I found a couple of flaws on my map (that date back to just after I fiddled with …
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The Mystery Map of Maldene
What you are looking at is The Map. Yes, this is the mysterious indesctructible map found in the bowels of Thïr Tÿorca in the third section of the first Maldene novel, and the reason for a new quest begun in “Maldene II: Mysteries Of Olde”. What does it mean? Well, for that part you’ll have …
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New Black And White Maldene World Map!
Yes, I did some tinkering, some stitching together, cleaning up, and little additions here and there, and the result is the brand new Maldene World Map, black and white version, now available under Downloads for Registered Users (only). No more Left and Right halves like in the book for my fans, this is the whole …
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Full Color Map Coming Soon
Well, I’ve finally done it. I’ve generated a full color coded map of Maldene, complete with new higher-res map symbols, all the oceans now named, and all sorts of little extras. My next step is to figure out what to do with it. Make it available for registered users only? Maybe have it as an …
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Maldene Extras
Okay, so time for more hints, but this time it’s something you can download. If you go to the downloads page you’ll see a few things. While the map in the book is good, the one you can download has a lot higher resolution. The entire world (you could wrap it around a globe), with …
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Writing Tip: World Building
Okay, so I stopped numbering them already. Moving on, this tip is for those writers of Fantasy and SF in need of designing their own world. Where to start? You have some ideas but which way to go? A step at a time, and the first step is simple. Break out some graph paper, 10 …
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