Is it hard to create a fantasy world these days?

Rod Rees has written a great piece about this on his blog under the title, "THE DEMI-MONDE: BUILDING A BESPOKE WORLD". You can even checkout his maps elsewhere on the blog or visit www.thedemi-monde.com to use the interactive map, which appears in a Victorian what-the-butler-saw type viewer. His piece is quite a practical how-to guide to begin with, but later tackles the issues facing "world builders" in these modern multi-media times.