Greetings!
My name is Zak Ludick. I enjoy writing fantasy and sci-fi which will be my main contribution to the Steemit community. I am known as a fastidious world builder with a tendency to go completely overboard. I believe however that many good authors that I have read and enjoyed have immersive worlds with plenty background being built over which the story is built.
About Me
But before I ramble on about world building and the content that I will be sharing let me introduce myself a bit more.
I am 31 years old, I live in sunny and unusually dry Cape Town, South Africa. I am a proud single father of 2, a 9 year old daughter and a 7 year old son. I also support my father who is staying with me to help me raise his grandkids while he trades online.
My work - the Career
I work in HVACR industry (that’s Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning and Refrigeration). We do marine work on oilrigs and ships, upgrades to AC systems in the construction environment and monthly services of malls and office buildings. I myself started as an IT guy to learn Building Management Systems, but have since branched out to become the Company’s OHS Officer, Quality Control and being a learner to get my Trade Certification in Industrial Refrigeration. The work is hard but enjoyable, challenges the mind and I have learned a lot about engineering in my 4 years in the trade.
Hobbies
My hobbies include creative writing (of course), playing tabletop games or board games, sometimes painting my tabletop miniatures and some light PC gaming. At this stage I have a huge workload in my career and my writing is my primary passion and creative outlet. I try to stay away from my addictions such as Series, Movies, RPG Gaming all of which I love but can be a major excuse to procrastinate when I could be writing.
I feel that in the past there was no urgent need for me to work on my writing because I was getting feedback slowly. On Steemit however, I can post my work without trying to determine a price for an eBook, anyone can read it and enjoy it. This is the most important thing, for someone to read my work, my stories, my world that I want to share.
The story so far
I was told about Steemit and Discord on the 11th of January by @Sigrfolkr and applied for my Steemit account that evening. I then joined the Discord PAL>MSP community on the 11th and the users instantly engaged with me, welcomed me and got involved with me about my work. I made a new friend @negativer who coached me a little and of course we discussed my world that I write about.
On the 12th due to my enthusiasm (and a golden heart) I was helped out by @Sykochika to get my account going because the verification process was down at the time.
In Summary
Thank you so much guys for introducing me and helping me get everything sorted.
I will let the pictures introduce the World of Kedra, my main writing project. World of Kedra is the brand name of the collection of Epic Fantasy Series, pulp fiction series, stand-alone novels and short stories that all occur in the same World. If this sort of thing interest you, then a lot of content is coming your way!
The World of Kedra, especially as it is known from the Kingdom of Railor where the story is mainly based.
Enjoy!
Zak Ludick
Some more photos:
Some really old drawings that I saved and I pin up on the inside of my cupboard. The front is for something else I am doing in the future - stay tuned!
Some really really old pictures of maps I hand drew a long time ago.