May 21, 2019 Facebook post
I’m calling it “Magical Mashup.” Rather than reinvent the wheel, I’m going back through draft novels to copy relevant descriptions, partial scenes, and dialogue to paste them into a single reference document.
I have created a hemisphere of various realms that resemble cultures with which we’re familiar. And I’ve developed a system of magic that includes different magical abilities as well as objects imbued with magical powers. But of course in drafting a novel these generic aspects of the world I’ve created acquire details and applications not anticipated when the umbrella world was created.
Most of the material I’m gleaning comes from unfinished projects. As I’m skimming through them, they actually read pretty well. 🤓 I may have to revisit some of my previous efforts to re-plot them. Hmmm.
Anyway, I’m hoping that my mashed up collection of material will help me integrate the characters and storylines from previous efforts into a single worthwhile YA SFF novel.
We’ll see.
Mary S. Potter 