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Category Archives: Settings
Avignon: The Palace of the Popes
One of my favorite parts of writing the Elisha series has been learning about all these fantastic places and people of the 14th century. One of the best has got to be the Palace of the Popes in Avignon, France. … Continue reading
Posted in Elisha Daemon, history, medieval, religion, research, Settings, The Dark Apostle, Uncategorized
Tagged Avignon, medieval popes, papal palace, Pope Clement VI
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Celebrating Lithuanian Independence Day, with an Introduction to Lithuania during the Middle Ages
On February 16, Lithuania, a small Baltic sea republic, celebrated its independence day. While I do have Lithuanian heritage on my mother’s side, I was primarily reminded of the holiday by a link I received to a video by a … Continue reading
Posted in essays, history, medieval, Settings
Tagged Lithuania, lithuanian independence, medieval, pagan state
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Elisha Mancer Launch Day! With footnotes. . .
Elisha Mancer, Book 4 of The Dark Apostle, is now available in bookstores everywhere! And you can find sample chapters for this, and all of the books in the series, at TheDarkApostle.com When you love it, you can click through … Continue reading
Medieval Technology: the crane
One of the niftiest things I saw in Germany while I was doing research for Elisha Mancer were the Kranen of Trier–the medieval cranes used to unload boats on the nearby Mosel River. I was fascinated by these curious round … Continue reading
Medieval Scenes and Settings: Heidelberg, Germany
When the Christmas season rolls around, Germany comes to mind. I think this is due to the visual influence of medieval architecture on so many of the villages and ideas we associate with Christmas, with the German carol ‘Stille Nacht’ … Continue reading
Posted in Elisha Mancer, Germany, history, medieval, Settings, Uncategorized
Tagged Elisha Mancer, German castles, Heidelberg, Heidelberg castle
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Location, Location, Location: The Roles of Setting in Fiction
A few of my recent posts have focused on settings I visited and researched for my work–definitely one of the perks! But it may seem as if I am a bit obsessive about my settings. That’s because setting is one … Continue reading
Posted in research, Settings, writing, writing process
Tagged fantasy, fantasy settings, fantasy writing, fiction, setting, writing about places, writing fiction
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Historical Scenes and Settings: Trier, the Roman Capital of Germany
Not long ago, I did a profile of Aachen, Germany, Charlemagne’s capital city, and one of the unused settings I research for Elisha Mancer, book 4 in The Dark Apostle series. Today, I’m going further back in time, to a … Continue reading
Posted in Germany, history, medieval, Settings
Tagged Elisha Mancer, Germany, Konstantinbasilica, Medieval Germany, Porta Nigra, Roman architecture, roman Germany, roman history, Trier
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