@Saposcat Sorry for the delay. I sometimes spend a few days off of social media to get stuff done. My story is about a woman who was orphaned at birth outside a village suffering a lengthy food shortage. She was adopted by a caring woman, but the rest of the village despised her and made her its lowest-class citizen (she’s treated very poorly by most of the village). She also possesses magical power, but magic is outlawed, so she has to hide it. What’s your story about?

@Saposcat I think every writer is inspired by nature in the areas they’ve lived, and my writing is no exception. Many of the environmental details mirror the area where I live but not all of them. I started from scratch with the world itself. Some aspects are based on different cultures through history, but I tried my best to mix them up so I wasn’t using a single culture as a model for any of the groups of people in my story.

@Saposcat I could see how that would happen. It probably helps jog creativity quite a bit.

@Saposcat That’s a good idea.

@Saposcat That's awesome! I'm writing a fantasy right now, too. I chose it because of the challenge involved in worldbuilding. You can use the #fantasy tag to find writers of that genre here. Plus, as I exit grad school and reclaim a bunch of time, I plan to use my blog to share writing tips, and I will work on finding a group of writers to work with. Sometimes, you can find them locally and meet up with them in coffee shops or elsewhere. I'm also happy to answer questions.