So. I have a new idea for a novel. Yes. Another novel. It’s a YA steampunk fantasy with a male protagonist. But I am not going to work on it just yet, well, not actually start typing out chapters and the like. I have enough on my plate with Bones and the editing of Blood Bound that I do not want another major project right now, especially one that requires as much research and world-building as this one does.

But this is one idea that I do not want to lose while I am working on other novels. I wanted to keep snippets, notes, ideas, maps and all sorts in one place, but knowing my track record with notebooks (hint: it’s bad) I was more than a little worried about still having those notes when the time came to actually write Lionheart. And then I found an interesting blog entry on using wiki software for worldbuilding. So now, instead of several notebooks with pieces of paper sliding out of it, I now have a private wiki hidden somewhere to keep all my notes and additions for Lionheart, and can easily edit it when I think of something new.
In the meantime, though, my focus is on Bones and Blood Bound, and doing research for Lionheart by reading books/watching movies with a steampunk theme. Suggestions would be wonderful.
Brilliant. I need to do that for my novel.
@Robbie: Not a bad idea, is it? The link I referred to there has links to the different types etc. You could even install XAMPP and then mediawiki locally on your computer if you really wanted to (and could).
Although the picture makes it a little hard to see, I use mediawiki, which is the same stuff as wikipedia. So if you’re familiar with wiki, it’s good.
That sounds like a fantastic idea, it’d be a great way to have all the info together and link to relevant pages and stuff. I might just try it.
And I’m looking forward to this story idea of yours, I am such a huge fan of steampunk.
Oh my god, that is actually the most amazing idea. I can’t believe nobody’s thought of it before. D: I really might have to go do that. Right now. It might even motivate me to restart my novel since I lost it in The Great Hard Drive Crash of ’09.
I’m actually doing this too. It’s really quite helpful! Better than notebooks going all over the place. XD Finally I don’t have to memorize where everything is. P: