Hawkmoon
Dreamer
Hi just wondering what peoples thoughts are on using an existing world for your book/s ie Forgotten realms or to create from scratch?
Cheers
Hawkmoon
Cheers
Hawkmoon
My world uses the nine worlds of Norse mythology, well I say that but I'm pretty much just stealing the names and using them for inspiration. Since these are from mythology and public domain they're fine but except for the legal great area of fan fiction I naturally enough shy away from copy righted worlds.
I like doing this too. I like to rip off history for settings, but modify it just enough to make the world fit my tastes better.I love history and playing with settings borrowing heavily from human history, but without feeling like I'm putting words into actual historical figures' mouths. I read an interview a couple of years ago with Guy Gavriel Kay, and he said something along those lines, and that confirmed it for me.
So that's what I went ahead and did.