Yet another Question

[cherryblosomjen.livejournal.com]

Dear Wonderful Author,

fabricalchemist, anon8, and myself had a lively discussion this morning about the Continental Powers. We seem to have a disagreement about who they are. Are they a seperate political identity that has been holding back the Mede from overtly invading our three favorite kingdoms? Or are Sounis, Attolia, and Eddis, themselves the Continental Powers?

Of course, everyone's opinion is welcome. And clarification from Megan would be especially delightful.

Comments

[cherryblosomjen.livejournal.com]

mycenaeth, was it you who was going to make a map? I can't remember now and am too lazy to go searching.

[mycenaeth.livejournal.com]

XD no, it was me who was gonna make the timeline. XP Though I was interested in seeing what other people drew! I might make a map if ambition hits... *dodges ambition*

[cherryblosomjen.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, your wonderful timeline. How could I foget!

[mycenaeth.livejournal.com]

*blush* n___n

[cherryblosomjen.livejournal.com]

Ok, I only spent about 5 minutes on this, so please don't hold it against me. I doubt it's accurate but it's basically how I imagined things being set up.



I've never been sure where the Continental Powers would be located, which is why I didn't put them on there...

[anon8.livejournal.com]

Ooo, pretty colors and nice topography. What program did you use?

[cherryblosomjen.livejournal.com]

Thanks, anon. I used MS Paint. Everyone probably has it on their computer (Programs > Accessories > Paint) if they use windows.

[(Anonymous)]

Hmm. Maps are a touchy issue because my editor wants one and I won't give one to her. I like all the pretty colors and the little white topped mountains are cool, but Attolia, Eddis and Sounis are not on an island. You wouldn't be far off if you kept the Mediterranean in mind, with a different Attic peninsula.

~Megan

[cherryblosomjen.livejournal.com]

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the insight. :)

Can I ask why you don't want to give your editor a map? It would be very useful to us. Is it to keep things active in out orn imaginations and to allow you more leeway for change?

[rowana.livejournal.com]

I was surprised that there wasn't a map in either the first or second books, considering the way the geography of the place is always being referred to. I love your map though CBjen, I always imagined the countries as an island too, and the Mede above them, and theContinental powers as somewhere off to the North West.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

But a map in the books would be so nice. *does puppy dog eyes* Not to get into touchy territory (Bear will yell at me again), but why have you not wanted to do one?

So, we know Eddis is landlocked, and Attolia and Sounis have coastlines. Would they be on a peninsula, with Eddis squished between? Is their area like where Athens is now? Or like Corinth with a small strip of land joining it to the continent?

Yes, I had to get an atlas out to find the Attic peninsula. Good thing I work in a library.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't want to put a map in for the same reason that I don't want it permanently recorded on a website that Phresine is a widow with no children. What if I change my mind and I have to slide the Capitol of the Mede Empire six hundred miles closer to a coast so that I can get a plot-moment to work in some future book? Gee whiz, I'll get to the map, really. I just have to work everything out first.

I think I might not be nearly as good at all this business as you all think I am. . .

~Megan

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

That makes sense.

I think I might not be nearly as good at all this business as you all think I am. . .

Psht. Nonsense. Like Eddis, we all think you just might be able to walk on water and write circles around others. No pressure!

[rowana.livejournal.com]

Psht. Nonsense. Like Eddis, we all think you just might be able to walk on water and write circles around others. No pressure!

:) *seconds this*

[cherryblosomjen.livejournal.com]

*thirds it* :)

[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

I fourths it

Looks a bit like Australia - Ha

[sunshinebutter.livejournal.com]

I see Tasmania has been left off this map - Where is it?