One of Tolkien’s maps of Middle-Earth
When I started writing fantasy novels, as a teen in high school, the very first thing I did, every time, was create a map. I’d be writing about imaginary places, after all: so I would need a map.
The other day one of my editors, working on Ozias, Prince in Peril, asked why there wasn’t a map to go with it.
Oh, that’s easy! ‘Cause I forgot! I forgot the freakin’ map! How that could be, I don’t know.
The tricky part: the Obann depicted in this map would be 2,000 years older than the one shown in the published maps. (Yes, all the other books in the series have a map!) A lot of names can change in 2,000 years. I trust the physical features won’t change too much–although that can happen in real life, and it ain’t too pleasant when it does.
Sit outside, now, and THINK! Map needed! And there’s no one can provide it… but me.