Map of New Fairy

I'm re-posting this from the "Close Friends" group.  I can be thought of as a writing tip.

I noticed as I put things on the map that the major river, the Severn, had to be divided into two branches to make any kind of sense at all.  I had it one branch that went through New Dyved, making a coastline for that kingdom, then, on the other side, a way to the sea for New Fairy merchants.  This didn't work, as the humans in New Dyved would be stymied by the Mists of Llyr.  So right before the Bright (or Enchanted) Forest, it branches into an east and west tributary.  Another problem came about when I had troops move from east to west.  Of course the Western Severn would be right in their way.  So now there is a Roman style bridge, and, not to give away too much, a battle on it.  I had a kingdom right next to another kingdom, when it's in the west and the other was in the east.  Another difference, although not so much for these stories, is I had in mind England when I had the kingdom of New Prydain, but it looks a lot more like Chile now. (lol) The map, once you see it will look like it's on its side:  although it doesn't play much of a role in the story, originally all of this took place on Uranus, and Uranus is "on its side," i.e., it's magnetic poles would be west and east, so the upper part of Dareau is the west the lower part, the East, the North and South are reoriented accordingly.  The map making made me realize where The Minnow was--it had to be bayed in the Delta.  So now, there's a nice description of the Delta, with some hints that Rhiannon's narrative is a bit naive when she fails to realize just what kind of port the Delta is, and what that would mean about her father.

It's at my Flickr account, which is Rachel Parsons.  You will have to have a Flickr account to see it, but that's easy:  get a yahoo mail account, and then join Flickr  My account is considered unsafe, i.e., adult, so you will have to have that maturity rating to see it.  You will learn some things from the map:  where everything is in that part of Dareau, how forested New Fairy is, that it's a world 'on its side,' and why I don't teach handwriting or map making.  It really helped me to get it ready for view, and I modified my stories accordingly.  I changed the location of a kingdom, which doesn't play much of a role in this novel but will in the future, diverted the Severn, a river the width of a Great Lake, into two tributaries, and built a bridge where none had been before.  You may have to consult the story to figure out my handwriting, sort of a Rosetta stone to my scribbling. It is best seen with the Firefox viewer, as that allows you to zoom.  Things are clearer in large print.  Trust me on this. lol