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Today was one of those days that I wish everyday could be at the computer. I finished the days writing before lunch. Not just five pages, which is the goal, but sixteen pages. Sixteen pages written in a glorious rush. The demi-fey court was on stage, and to satisfy me about the moths, butterflies, insects, and such being accurate, I’ve used seven research books. Mostly identification books, so that I can pick insects that are native to Europe, and primarily England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Cornwall. I found a wonderful book called, NIGHT VISIONS, which is this wonderfully coffee table book with fantastic close up pictures of moths. I’ve found it’s much harder to find really good pictures of moths than of butterflies. We’re at the Unseelie court, so we need more moths than butterflies. We have some butterflies among the Unseelie demi-fey, Sage for one, but I wanted more moths here. So NIGHT VISIONS was a great find. It’s amazing how different the moths look up super close than from the normal pictures, where all you see is more surface and color. As a writer, I like the small details, and most insect photography just doesn’t get up close enough for me. I’m allowing some of the demi-fey to be American fauna, because the fey have been here for over two hundred years. That’s bound to have an effect on a type of fey that tries to blend in with the local flora and fauna.
Yes, my biology degree is showing. My bio background is one of the things that pushes me to get those realistic details that seems to make all the fantastic stuff so much more real.