Yeah, tell me about it...everyone reads Harry Potter and talks about how great a fantasy that is...i could strangle them Malazan is one of the deepest and well developed settings ever (maybe only surpassed by Tolkiens Middle-Earth) and screams for a roleplaying campaign (another hobby we share, as it seems). Btw, where is your little corner of the world?
Good luck with your mapping skills and I hope to see those malaz maps on the guild