Myths, Legends, and Paranormal Romance Writing

Legends: Treasure-troves for Authors of Novels

This photo of Stirling Castle comes from one of my daughters who is having a semester abroad in Scotland. I couldn’t resist adding a caption and posting it.
Scotland brings to mind myths and legends, and all the elements and scenes they contain. These stories are really treasure-troves, filled with fascinating elements for writers of fiction – especially the more imaginative genres, like fantasy and paranormal romance.
The genre of my new series-in-the-making is paranormal romance. As I finish the revisions on Threshold of Destiny, I’m also making notes for another volume in the series.

 

From Scotland – a Hero in Distress, a Heroine in Armor

Here’s a great scene I came upon in the story of King Fingal and the sons of Cothmar, a legend from Scotland. In this myth, a noble warrior who has undergone much sadness and hardship has been captured by an evil king and left to die in a sea cave. The rising tide spells his doom. (This scene gives me a chill, remembering the real-life crisis awhile back in Thailand, when those young boys were trapped in a cave system as flood waters rose.)
But at the last minute the neglected daughter of the evil king puts on the armor of a man and rescues the warrior herself. No one, not even the warrior, finds out who she is until much later. (There’s a romantic ending, too.)

Fodder for the imagination, isn’t it?