Karlathia World Tours Now Boarding

My first two entries were prime examples of what happens when I vent. I can't promise it won't happen again, but that's not what this place is really meant to be about.

Five years ago I created a world called Karlathia. At that time, it was going to be the location for a fairly standard fantasy romance novel. My characters--Randrik alt Harbinnen in particular--had other ideas. By the time they were done, the single novel had turned into three, and the world that had been barely hinted at began to take on a depth and complexity I had to work hard to keep up with.

Then The Ugly Princess went from being a short story-cum-outline to a serial and then a published novel. Originally, it had no particular setting, but as it evolved it simply made sense to locate it on Karlathia, on the opposite side of that mysterious Great Forest that is almost a character in the Everdark tales.

Just as with Tolkien's Middle Earth and Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover, the more you know about a world, the more you realize you have to learn. Not all of it can be explained in the fiction that occurs in that world, so I hope over time to offer a virtual tour or Karlathia that will enhance and enrich the experience of reading the books. I welcome discussion, comments and questions, but ask that those who disagree with one another keep their disagreement civil. Trust me, you don't want Randrik stepping in to settle things.