Eliot Pattison Guest Posts on Writers Digest: How to Write Novels About Faraway Lands

Excerpt:"It is hugely exciting to sit before the blank palette, or blank pad –yes, I still ink my first drafts in longhand—and begin to translate those unfamiliar worlds. But it is also a sober responsibility. Writing novels set among a distant people involves the same challenges as writing historical novels. Those of us who embrace those challenges not only must construct engaging storylines and characters, we must also create a world that is faithful to fact while still capturing the reader."For the full guest post, click here: writersdigest.com