I’ve always been mesmerized by the mystical tale of King Arthur and Camelot. Honestly, who isn’t intrigued by this long ago tale? Is King Arthur real? Is the story truly magic or just a tale imagined by a wandering troubadour? Writing about this fascinating legend was something I’d wanted to explore for a long time. When I learned--just by chance (or was it??)--that there was a Stonehenge Memorial in Washington State, well, that sealed the deal for me!
Although many authors use the five elements of
writing fiction: Who, What, When, Where, and Why to lead to the sixth
element--Plot--I usually do the reverse. I come up with the plot, the idea of a
story, and then decide the who, what, when, where, and why after that. So the
idea was to write a fantasy romance based on the folklore of King Arthur, but
to give it a modern twist.
A VACATION RUINED
Heather Woods suddenly learns her boyfriend, Connor,
cancelled their summer plans. Determined to forget about him, she visits her
flaky godmother, Nerissa, instead, for an impromptu vacation. Nerissa insists
that Heather has a healing gift, something Heather doesn’t believe. But when
she experiences visions... hallucinations... or whatever her jaunts back to
Camelot are, she fears for her sanity. Meeting a man that might actually be
Merlin the magician, and his very attractive nephew, Matthew, along with
assorted other characters convince Heather that she’s in the middle of a
strange, metaphysical phenomenon.
A VACATION CHANGED
Judge Matthew Limner also finds his vacation plans changed. He receives
a call from a long-lost Uncle Mallory--so long-lost that he hadn’t even known
Mallory existed. Mallory flies in from London, and expects to go sightseeing
with Matthew. Resigned, Matthew plays the host. First stop: the Stonehenge
Memorial in southern Washington. A chance encounter--or is it?--with Nerissa
and Heather convince Matthew that something much more than coincidence is
happening in this tiny corner of the world.
An urgent summons resurrects Merlin the magician to once again meddle in
the affairs of men.
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UNCOVERING CAMELOT is available at Amazon.com and Smashwords.com and Universal Link in addition to other internet locations. It’s received great reviews including 5 Stars on Amazon!
This
book is part of the Magical Fantasies line.
Here’s a real life connection. A chance remark by a friend about being the youngest child in a family of seven daughters set me to thinking. Seven daughters conjured up fairy tales I’d read growing up. The hero of the fairy tale was often the seventh son of the seventh son. I couldn’t ignore this opportunity. My heroine, Heather Woods, had to be the seventh daughter of the seventh daughter, thereby enabling her to have a magical experience.
Also, since the Stonehenge replica built in Washington State plays an important role in the novel, I had to go on a field trip. I found the monument lovely, eerie, and quite desolate.
Visiting Goldendale and Maryhill, Washington where
the Memorial is located, also gave me a chance to wander through the beautiful
Maryhill Museum. Here I across a lovely sculpture that I incorporated into the
story.
Scene Set-up: On the grand lawn of the Maryhill
Museum, Heather walks with Desmond Redmord, a man with an uncanny resemblance
to Camelot’s Mordred, Arthur’s nephew and illegitimate son.
Desmond pointed at a beautiful glass
sculpture, wavy with multicolored stalks as if imitating a living plant.
Sitting on a blanket just beyond the chained area around the sculpture was a
dark-haired woman. Her hair was so dark as to be midnight black--long and
flowing. She stared at Heather with a gaze as piercing as Desmond’s. Her vivid
red lips were turned into a petulant frown.
Heather gulped down unease. Did she really want to meet Moriah Redmord, a woman who just might’ve been the reincarnation of the medieval witch, Morgeuse?
I hope you enjoy Heather and Matthew’s magical story.
Susanne Marie Knight
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award-winning Romance Writing with a Twist!
