Saturday Stuff

Well, I'm still in the midst of writer's block. But not an overall block, just a block with Ophelia.

Sucks, huh?

But I'm not worried.

I'm just going to put that on the back burner until I find my muse and work on something else in the meantime.

I've been itching to write a dystopia-type book lately.

It's going to be set in a fictional universe, so I'm just working on world-building for now.

I know the MC is going to be a boy--probably in his late teens or early twenties--and that he was born in slavery, but that's about it.

I know a lot about the country it's set in though.

I'm going to call it Thiciia (name borrowed from a failed project).

It's ruled by a "royal bloodline" (the Lowe family) and they use a certain rare mineral as currency (haven't come up with a definite name yet).

Within Thiciican territory, there are two main settlements--"The City," where the largest mineral mines are located, and "The Florincia Work Camp," where slaves who have made numerous escape attempts are sent.

I'm not going to go into all the details.

That would take up too much space.

But let me just say I'm really pleased with what I've got so far.

I'm having a little trouble coming up with things to call the animals though.

They're going to be heavily based on creatures from our world, but I wanna call them something completely different.

I'm working with a few creatures at the moment and I need names to all of them.

I've got these huge rat-like creatures. They're a big part of the Thiciian diet (at least for the common people. The Lowe family and the well-to-do have most of their meat imported from other countries)

And then there are these big, hairless dog-like animals that live within the city.

Outside the city limits, there are going to be a few small rodents and several larger reptiles (snakes/lizards).

Well, I'm gonna get back to work.

Just thought I'd let you all know I'm still alive.

And I will be blogging regularly again soon.

(Someone, quick, suggest a topic for me! I'm running out of ideas!)