Hi 73,
Thanks for the kind messages. Glad you enjoy reading between the lines - me too, so I try to leave spaces for the reader's imagination.
Music often helps get me in the right mindset for writing - all kinds. And the outside world certainly seeped into Exodus and Zenith - places like Dubai, and also the vast shanty slums surrounding the luxurious towers for the wealthy of Sao Paulo, inspired the boat camps around the New World sky cities.
If you look up my website (
www.juliebertagna.com) there's more detail on my inspirations, on the Exodus and Zenith pages.
Happy writing, Namorvia. Have fun experimenting - you'll know when it feels right.