Pyramids

Pyramids (2008) Post 356, is another in the same series as the books about Titanic, Pompeii and The Trojan Horse. Like those, this one is about a subject that interests many people. It was an interesting book to research and write, too, and some of the research spilled over into the books Pyramid Scheme and Ramses Rat and the Great Cat, Bastet. Generally, when we think of pyramids, I think we picture the Egyptian model, but this book looks at other  types as well. As usual with this series, the pictures are beautifully detailed and call for more than a cursory glance. I'm pretty sure this is the last of the  books. According to Google, I also wrote on on sharks, but I certainly don't remember that.

ABOUT THE BLOG

Sally is Sally Odgers; author, manuscript assessor, editor, anthologist and reader. She runs http://www.affordablemanuscriptassessments.com and Prints Charming Books. (Sally is me, by the way, and I am lots of other things too, but these are the relevant ones for now.)

The goal for 2017 is to write a post a day profiling the background behind one of my books; how it came to be written, what it's about, and any things of note that happened along the way. If you're an author, an aspiring author, a reader or just someone who enjoys windows into worlds, you might find this fun. The books are not in any special order, but will be assigned approximate dates, and pictures, where they exist.  isn't an encyclopaedia of fantasy creatures as it first appears. Instead, it's a collection of character drawings and paintings with written descriptions. The artist and I treated the book more or less as we might have treated animal portraits or pictures of famous people of the past, giving each one a personality and a place in the general scheme of things. I loved working on this collection, because dreaming up characters and world-building with them is one of my favourite things to do.