tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post8764685675777604624..comments2024-01-27T09:26:30.846-08:00Comments on Casting Light upon the Shadow: Annie Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11028691371545306450noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post-69560272026694861802015-07-16T09:17:08.948-07:002015-07-16T09:17:08.948-07:00I like the sound of all this - good luck and let m...I like the sound of all this - good luck and let me know when it's finished, I'd love to read it :)Annie Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11028691371545306450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post-79335839188334132762015-07-16T09:07:50.639-07:002015-07-16T09:07:50.639-07:00Well, I've been fiddling with the idea since 2...Well, I've been fiddling with the idea since 2013, did some research and started writing during Nano 2014 which I actually won for the first time. (I've done it before for my Roman NiPs but the result was something between 12 and 25K). But since I'm very much a pantster except for the history framework and some vague idea about the - partly fictional - characters, the story took the bite and galloped off. It's now looking like a trilogy, has a cast that can compete with <i>Game of Thrones</i> and will probably keep me busy for some time to come. Esp. since it has to share my free time with two Roman novels I'm also working on. <br /><br />I found the first plotbunny in a local castle called Sichelstein, with a setting during the time of Heinrich the Fowler and Otto the Great. The semi-fictive Sichelstein family soon grew and eventually the youngest son wanted to go to England (Otto being married to Eadgyth, one of Æthelstan's half sisters, made the connection). The oldest son and heir got himself exiled and right now is a prisoner of the Slavic tribe of the Redarii. And the sister is busy defending the family castle against a neighbour, while the middle son tries to sort out the mess his older brother got the family into - he's in the entourage of King Heinrich and facing battle against the Magyars (Riade, 933). The Battle of Brunanburh will also play a role, and the sister is going to marry a Danish jarl. Then there's the missing uncle ..... It's all a lot of fun, but a pretty wild web so far; in need of a) finishing a draft, and b) making a coherent picture of the threads. <br />Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post-33594153419672482022015-07-15T10:58:22.958-07:002015-07-15T10:58:22.958-07:00Hi Gabriele,
I'm glad you found me here. Yes,...Hi Gabriele, <br />I'm glad you found me here. Yes, I think your incident at Ripon beats my wedding escapade! Your book sounds wonderful - I'd love to hear how it progresses. If you are interested, my next post here will be an excerpt from To Be a Queen :)Annie Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11028691371545306450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311063131188554905.post-41318146486951038132015-07-15T10:47:06.938-07:002015-07-15T10:47:06.938-07:00This made me laugh. Not because of the ignominous ...This made me laugh. Not because of the ignominous fall though I'd probably have laughed in real life had I witnessed it, but because your adventures are so close to my own. I managed to bumble into a funeral service of the late dean in Ripon Cathedral which is probably worse than bumbling into a wedding. And about that shoes comment ... well, my reply usuall is, "I'm German, I'd climb the Mount Everest wearing sandals." :-)<br /><br />Found your blog via English Historical Fiction authors, btw. I'm a regular reader albeit very scarce commenter. But the time you write about caught my interest since one of my NiPs is set in the time of King Æthelstan and successors and Heinrich the Fowler / Otto the Great - a family saga spanning Britain and Germany, and likely the Scandinavian countries and the Slavic places east of the Elbe as well; the monster is growing fast. :-)Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.com