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\"Anclent<\/h2>\n

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Legends: Treasure-troves for Authors of Novels<\/span><\/h2>\n

This photo of Stirling Castle comes from one of my daughters who is having a semester abroad in Scotland. I couldn\u2019t resist adding a caption and posting it.<\/span>
\nScotland 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.<\/span>
\nThe genre of my new series-in-the-making is paranormal romance. As I finish the revisions on Threshold of Destiny<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, I\u2019m also making notes for another volume in the series. <\/span><\/p>\n

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From Scotland – a Hero in Distress, a Heroine in Armor<\/span><\/h2>\n

Here\u2019s 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.)<\/span>
\nBut 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\u2019s a romantic ending, too.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Fodder for the imagination, isn’t it?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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