Pre-Christian can be quite difficult. Too many times things were either re-written to conform to Christian ideology (e.g. subservient women) or outright destroyed. That doesn't just apply to Scandinavia but most of the world (e.g. the burning of the Aztec codexes). Having and lived and worked...
Another thing to be aware of, when dealing with Intellectual Property Rights is that there can be consequences for a lack of challenge. If you allow the piracy to go unchallenged, there is, in many states, a legal doctrine that equates your lack of challenge to effectively releasing the work to...
I would add not to make the mistake of thinking you have to move the storyline X% per chapter. Some things may move in a couple of paragraphs. Other things may need multiple chapters to become fully fledged. Catching a child trying to steal doesn't require a lot of explanation, particularly...
Pretend for a moment that your main character is your BFF. What would that person be doing on a typical Tuesday? Would it be shopping or laundry or milking a goat... See if you can get much on a page.
I can't speak for anyone else BearBear but I have possibly enough artistic ability to do stick figures or petroglyphs or runes and that's about the extent of my visual arts skills. That's why I don't illustrate anything. I know what my characters look like. I know what their settings look...