Saturday 15 May 2010

After the latest chapter, “Gunnora comes to the crossing of seven roads,” I thought we needed a good map of the area, so I threw one together this morning. (Click for a big version.)

Friday 6 November 2009

In honor of Devin’s twentieth birthday he’s going on a tour… of Sela’s cottage.  

Sunday 3 May 2009

Due to recent developments in the story, I thought it might be worth putting up some maps to help everyone understand the geopolitical situation. (Oooh look Ma, I’m writing a story with a geopolitical situation!  )

Saturday 17 January 2009

We’ve already seen the exterior and ground floor of Egelric’s castle, so today we’re going to finish it off. Looking at it nearly 2 years later, my castle-​building techniques have improved (or at least changed) so much it seems like a candidate for a rebuild, but even if I do, it will preserve roughly the same floorplan. Maybe we can even compare before & after shots someday.

Tuesday 16 December 2008

Devin has asked a couple of times about Malcolm and Iylaine’s house, so the easiest way to answer seems to be a quick tour.

Thursday 31 January 2008

I’m too tired to work on a chapter tonight, so now’s a great time to give you a “before” tour of Osh’s new house—before Flann gets her decorating hands on it, and Osh starts painting.

Sunday 8 April 2007

We have seen some of the disadvantages of attempting to locate my story in a real location. One of the advantages is that the valley and its landmarks really exist, in a fashion. Therefore, keeping in mind that the distances are four times as they appear, I can show you some “photos of Lothere”.

Saturday 7 April 2007

Devin has unwittingly reminded me that I have been wanting to put up some maps of Lothere.

First of all, where is Lothere? We know it’s in Britain, and I hope it’s clear that it’s in the border country between England and Scotland—which border was frequently changing at this time period. I have also hinted that it’s west of Northumbria. And, for the serious detectives, I have placed it south of Carlisle, since Carlisle was called Leol at that time, and I have mentioned Leol once or twice as being on the way to Scotland.

That’s enough information to put it in the Lake District of northwest England. However, I have been deliberately vague about its exact location, because it is impossible to fit it anywhere in the real world. I’ll tell you the story of how it evolved so you can how I painted myself into this corner.

Tuesday 27 March 2007

Now that we have seen the outside of Egelric’s castle, we can have a look at some of the interior.

Wednesday 21 March 2007

Although it was one of the most recent castles to be built in Lothere, Egelric’s castle will be the first of the castle tours, partly because Devin asked for it, and partly because it is my favorite.