When I wrote the first draft for book one, I did not have a clear image of how a lot of the areas would look like. I could imagine the specific places that the characters visit in the book very well. But not the spaces in between them.
My story happens within a valley close to a big city. The valley has a big flat area of suburbs and farm areas in the middle. There are villages in the hills on both sides of the valley. At one end, the city propper starts, and at the other is a dam keeping back Twin lake.
So parallel with revisioning book one, and starting on book two, I have been looking for artists to make drawings of the valley. I plan to include the best in the book as a reference. I also wanted it as content on my webpage. And even to help me with visualizing the valley myself (I might have to call it something other than the village. I’m sure that it will sort itself out soon enough). This is the first artist’s rendition of the valley (name pending). And I must say, there is a lot to like about it.
