I got a bit more chopping, but didn't have time to get a whole lot done. I'm starting to feel discouraged, it's getting hard to find any free time to make significant progress.

Also, I've started developing another idea. Stupid time, why isn't there more of you?

Stupid time, why isn't there more of you?

Wrod

Yeah. I'm thinking of setting something on a world around a red dwarf star. Tidally locked, absolutely vicious weather, purple and black vegetation, extremely old ecosystems, people living where there is only day, only night, or always twilight. I think it could make for an interesting Science Fantasy setting.

That does sound interesting Gud. The world-building for that would be a lot of fun.

I'm feeling all verklempt. A competition I've been involved with since January is finally ending and I feel all futless not having a prompt to write to anymore.

I think Zelazny put Jack of Shadows on a world that didn't rotate, with a nightside and a day side. I don't know enough physics to know what the gravitation would be like.

That's the book I couldn't remember the name of! Was it that it didn't rotate or was it something magical? I don't think I ever finished the book. Oops?

Gravity wouldn't be an issue. You'd need a thick atmosphere and maybe a lot of ocean to have enough convection to keep the atmosphere in place (otherwise you freeze into solids on the night side, and burn it away on the day side). That convection leads to nasty weather. (All in theory)

Was it that it didn't rotate or was it something magical? I don't think I ever finished the book. Oops?

It's a long time since I've read it, but I'm thinking it tends towards the magical explanation. Or not much of an explanation at all, just The Way Things Are. Zelazny rarely explains, but you're so enthralled with where he's taking the story from that jumping off point that you don't care.

Great blog on research in fiction writing.