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There is an open source map maker program called AutoREALM that you can download for free. https://sourceforge.net/projects/autorealm/

Public Service Announcement: If you've not yet entered the book giveaway on my site, you have until 23:59pm Sunday 30th April to submit your entry. Good Luck!!!

This is a very helpful thread; I wish I had found it sooner. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to post this, Michael, I will certainly try to put your advice to use in the coming weeks and months.

I thought the day would never come, but I have finally published my debut fantasy novel. The Kindle edition of The Exercise Of Vital Powers is now available to purchase from Amazon, with a planned paperback edition to follow in the summer. I intend to have the book available to buy on other...

Be Honest: Why are you Really Not Published Yet? Honestly, it boils down to just two things... I only decided at the start of 2014 to take my writing beyond being just a hobby. (Until very recently) my perfectionism always prevented me from completing a full length novel...

I hate "The Love Triangle" with a burning passion. Specifically, I hate the triangle which is based around a female protagonist "torn" between to male characters (in reality leading them both on). The most egregious aspect of this trope is that one of the suitors is always a so-called "Bad Boy"...

As with any overused trope, it depends how it is utilised. If you can do something original with it, in addition to writing a compelling marrative, then it's less likely readers will view your story as something they've read numerous times before. As an example, Buffy Summers was a "Chosen...

With my soon to be released debut novel I began with very little of the world building developed beforehand, which was a first for me. I started writing the initial draft of the story with just the plot, and the two lead characters clearly defined in my head, and I basically developed the world...

Writer's Café For plotting, planning and organising my ideas, story-lines, characters etc. I've been using Writer's Cafe for a while. It's similar to Scrivener, though probably not as feature rich, but it does have a native Linux version which is why it's my preferred choice, even though it's...

FIRST DRAFT: Notebook and Pen I went several years without handwriting anything, but one fateful day back in 2008 my printer ran out of ink when I urgently needed to post a letter. With no time to buy a new cartridge I wrote the letter by hand, and I was so shocked at how bad my handwriting...

I appreciate all the responses guys. It looks like I was worrying too much about not hitting the 5k mark each day, I guess I will now revise my target down to 1-2K words a day, which I find much more manageable. Oh, yeah. Worrying about my inability to reach 5k words even once has certainly...

First of all, apologies if this question has been asked previously (I did two or three searches and nothing especially relevant came up). I'm assuming that few if any of the members of the forum are full-time writers, so I was curious to know if anyone else sets daily word count goals for...

Very Helpful Thread Thank you to everyone who contributed to this thread; you've helped me a great deal with my current WIP. Not to mention I don't need to start a new thread asking questions that have been answered here. :)

@ Caged Maiden Thank you Caged Maiden. ^ I will hold you to that promise. ;) :p

CupofJoe & Svrtnsse Thanks for the welcome guys. :)