Great post! I'm a fantasy writer myself and can confirm the amount of years spent fantasy world-building, lol. I think one of the problems today is that "lazy" writers Google the Hero's Journey then spend all of about 5 minutes writing a sentence for each set, then write their fantasy novel from that blueprint. Which is why i wrote "PUNCHING BABIES: a how-to guide" btw, shameless plug ;-P. What i really hate in bad fantasy writing is a horribly planned magic system. ALL magic should have equal or worse cons and the pros it provides, otherwise why not just go around using magic all day and night? I hate it when a writer simply makes their character "tired" from using magic and that's it. Such a cop-out and just lazy world-building. Excellent first blog, btw. I just signed up to Steemit it yesterday to post all my fantasy novels and more and I'm lovin' it :-)