Got hooked on world building in the early 70s after reading LotR&H in a single sitting age 11. Well, ConLanging first. WB shortly thereafter.   The fire got stoked playing D&D mid to late 70s.   I am a *voracious* reader. One of the joys of being an old fart is that I've had literal decades to read ALL the classics, all the scifi/fantasy classics...one of the downsides of living now in an era of indie writers is that I can't keep up with all the great "new" material--but I also don't have to keep up with the insane amount of...how to be kind...half-formed monstrosities with crap grammar and no spell check. /vent   Happy to find World Anvil as a centralized place to finally put ALL the notes. From Evernote (1694 source notes/ids there), Pinterest (1885 idea pins), nearly 40 years of paper and digital notes, maps, etc to dump and eventually organize, link, and cull.   I appreciate your patience with the mess. I appreciate your input even more, should you be so inclined.   My sigil/avatar is the old weather notation for thunderstorm, which "coincidentally" happens to be a rebus of my last name and pictorial representation of my user name.