Mel squinted into the rain and darkness, creeping along the narrow, twisting,
muddy, tree-enshrouded road...
Virgin River
Robyn Carr
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I love to set my stories in fully fleshed-out locations.
When the setting of a story is vivid and realistic, the reader is transported
to that place and time, and they want to get to know the people who live and
love there. When I’m imagining the setting for a novel, I’m looking for a place
so vibrant and dramatic, it plays almost as a character in the story. It lives
and breathes.
"You see the portraits?" he asked, leading her gently by the elbow for a closer look. "There are eighty-nine, Scottish monarchs all. I'm
told they were commissioned by Charles II, though he never once entered Holyrood House, in fact never returned to Scotland after the
Restoration."
She knew her history, she thought irritably, but tried to show an interest. "Aye. This is Robert the Bruce, a fierce soldier and well-loved
king." "I should have known a woman as well-read as you would know her history and her politics."
Rebellion
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The untold, true story of Robert The Bruce who transformed from defeated nobleman, to reluctant King, to outlaw hero over the course of an extraordinary year. Forced into battle in order to save his family, his people and his country from the oppressive English occupation of medieval Scotland, Robert seizes the Scottish crown and rallies a ragtag group of men to face off against the wrath of the world's strongest army lead by the ferocious King Edward 1 and his volatile son, the Prince of Wales.
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I'll be watching this, while knitting a Christmas Gift and drinking Tea, as Autumn fell upon us with a vengeance.
