Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Map-making, Part II


Here's my map! The book is called "The League of Seven," and it takes place (pretty obviously, I guess) in an alternate American history...

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6 comments:

  1. tanita✿davisJanuary 12, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    Whoa! This looks like a world in which the Native persons have not been killed or run off... yet?

    Can't wait to read this!!

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  2. unwashedflyerJanuary 12, 2011 at 3:50 PM

    that map is quite something.

    united nations of america? you could be onto something there.

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  3. BuddJanuary 13, 2011 at 10:25 AM

    I like the "here there be monsters" touch.

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  4. Alan GratzJanuary 13, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    @ Tanita: Thanks! I hope a publisher buys it! :-)

    @ unwashedflyer: I had a lot of fun imagining a United States where the native tribes became the dominant civilizations, those on the east coast blending with a few European settlements. :-)

    @ Budd: I had to get "Here There Be Monsters" in there--and the kicker is, there really ARE monsters there...

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2011 at 12:17 AM

    This is an interesting site. I plan to explore it a bit more. I was wondering if you meant to use certain names that can be viewed as, well, non-native. Like the New York Iroqouis are called the Haudenosaunee, and Dakota/Lakota usually view Sioux as an insult.

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  6. Alan GratzSeptember 12, 2011 at 9:17 PM

    Hi Anonymous -

    Thanks for stopping by. I'm going to continue to use Iroquois, as I'm using the Confederacy, mostly. But your information about the Sioux/Dakota is something I wasn't aware of. I'll follow up on that. If it's as you say, I'll be sure to use Dakota, not Sioux. Thank you!

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