tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post439280517671732062..comments2024-01-27T09:26:30.846-08:00Comments on Casting Light upon the Shadow: Digging for StoriesAnnie Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11028691371545306450noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post-57463755874724962812015-10-14T05:37:28.542-07:002015-10-14T05:37:28.542-07:00Marvellous - again, an image, something that might...Marvellous - again, an image, something that might go unnoticed or unremarked upon by others, but people who write 'see' the story forming behind the image. Thanks for your comment Diana :)Annie Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11028691371545306450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post-73812327653104326572015-10-14T04:38:28.612-07:002015-10-14T04:38:28.612-07:00I was thumbing through a brochure about travel to ...I was thumbing through a brochure about travel to Egypt, and I saw the photo of a colossal statue that had stood before a temple. It was horizontal now, and I found myself wondering what it would have been like to be nearby when that monolithic thing came crashing down... 350 printed pages later, I knew! (It took me a couple years to find out, though.)Diana Wilderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074083771067857127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post-54481622303558975422015-10-09T03:28:48.095-07:002015-10-09T03:28:48.095-07:00Thanks for the info, Gabriele. To watch the recons...Thanks for the info, Gabriele. To watch the reconstruction must have been fascinating.Annie Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11028691371545306450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post-89915140304329285162015-10-09T03:23:24.282-07:002015-10-09T03:23:24.282-07:00Annie, the Poeler Kogge (cog of Poel) is a wreck f...Annie, the Poeler Kogge (cog of Poel) is a wreck from ~1354 that has been found off the island in the 1990ies and was the model for a reconstruction in Wismar. We don't know how the ship sank. I've a got a relationship with the cog because I witnessed the reconstruction - well, a bit of it, it went on for years - work when I visited Wismar in 2004, and this year I had the chance to sail with her for a few hours. It was an interesting experience. Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post-52360055105732342382015-10-08T14:37:57.986-07:002015-10-08T14:37:57.986-07:00See, I just find it fascinating that there could b...See, I just find it fascinating that there could be confusion about these catastrophes - I'm off to research them both!Annie Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11028691371545306450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post-81378503890515754332015-10-08T14:27:34.986-07:002015-10-08T14:27:34.986-07:00DL Nelson, I checked the book. Of course, my head ...DL Nelson, I checked the book. Of course, my head was in the Middle Ages. *grin* I've seen you use a different and more recent ship catastrophe. Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post-34000217468647957442015-10-08T11:14:42.121-07:002015-10-08T11:14:42.121-07:00Lovely to hear how your stories grew. And I love t...Lovely to hear how your stories grew. And I love the connection to a Welsh sunken city. Flights of fancy are wonderful journeys :)Annie Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11028691371545306450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post-8317761947322900072015-10-08T11:08:00.533-07:002015-10-08T11:08:00.533-07:00DL Nelson, the famous Poeler Kogge?
My novels-in...DL Nelson, the famous Poeler Kogge? <br /><br />My novels-in-progress have different origins. Two plotbunnies I found on battlefields (the Varus battle aka Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, and the recently discovered battlefield of Harzhorn-Kalefeld dating to the time of Maximinus Thrax), and one in a castle and the intriguing note that the first Sichelnstein, Wittilo, 'got the castle as thanks for the service he did King Henry the Fowler at the battle of Riade'. That one really has grown. :-) <br />Two came out of images: a Roman standing at the Rhine and watching the German camp fires at the other shore, which later merged with another image of a Roman, bound and wounded, captive of a Caledonian tribe; and the other a lone man, clad in Germanic attire, walking a path in the Harz mountains and I knew he had been exiled for a crime he did not commit. <br />The one starting with a duel between a Norseman and a Scot, with a vaguely 12th century setting which I wrote one night - I was supposed to work on my PhD but after some days I had a veritable, if badly written story on my hands - turned into some sort of historical Fantasy with a magic layer I found in Cardigan Bay and the legend of Cantre'r Gwaelod. Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post-63880791365725472252015-10-07T11:49:24.110-07:002015-10-07T11:49:24.110-07:00Yes, those lovely little 'what if' gaps ar...Yes, those lovely little 'what if' gaps are brilliant, especially if you then find some evidence that adds credibility to your supposition - I love those "ooh that really could have happened" moments! I also love the idea of two runes inspiring a whole saga ...Annie Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11028691371545306450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post-67464275087491368072015-10-07T11:22:38.988-07:002015-10-07T11:22:38.988-07:00My idea for the 'Wolf Spear Saga' that beg...My idea for the 'Wolf Spear Saga' that begins with 'Wulfsuna' came about while reading a book about Runelore. I saw 2 runes side by side and a spark ignited! The premise for ex-foederati returning to Britain came from reading about Germanic mercenaries stationed at Vindolanda and also gaps in the Anglo-Saxon chronicles. Historic voids are creative gems for writers!E S Moxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910986089563223935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post-25519821401161125032015-10-06T01:51:48.999-07:002015-10-06T01:51:48.999-07:00Ooh, that would get me interested, too Cryssa; tha...Ooh, that would get me interested, too Cryssa; that he could remain anonymous and the lost details of his identity would intrigue me. Thanks for your comment :)Annie Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11028691371545306450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post-50160597584194343842015-10-05T20:02:51.838-07:002015-10-05T20:02:51.838-07:00I get inspired by gaps in history. I recently read...I get inspired by gaps in history. I recently read about 6 apprentices who had brought a petition in favour of John Lilburne in 1653 and were arrested for it. When they were finally sentenced to hard labour in the Bridewell, one of the 6 remained unnamed because he refused to give his name. I have to wonder who he really was and how he thought to do that. Cryssa Bazoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339300665743449764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post-6563483843579322212015-10-04T06:53:18.204-07:002015-10-04T06:53:18.204-07:00How wonderful - I just googled Insel Poel, so I...How wonderful - I just googled Insel Poel, so I've learned something new here too!Annie Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11028691371545306450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post-41875097962533079672015-10-04T06:34:55.921-07:002015-10-04T06:34:55.921-07:00My novel Murder on Insel Poel came from a visit to...My novel Murder on Insel Poel came from a visit to a Museum in that tiny town and learning about a ship sinking.<br />DL NELSONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12740409132697546671noreply@blogger.com