Nerd’s guide to scene design

A few weeks ago I had to design the huge, climatic scene for my latest book. Doing so had scared me for ages, and it’s amazing how long I can procrastinate for. I wanted every character from the book to play a part, thus tying together all the loose ends in what I hope will be an intensely satisfying finale! Well that’s what we authors tell ourselves, and only hope that our readers agree!

If you don’t know by now that I’m a geek and nerd, then you aren’t paying much attention are you? heh. A...