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The Importance of Character, Setting, and Situation
A friend whose opinion I respect a great deal once told me that all a great historical novel is, is a great novel in a historical setting. I agree. Although that sounds deceptively simple and deserves a little unpacking.
Character, setting, and situation are the central components, the minimal “holy trinity” of all good novels. Of those three crucial ingredients, my personal feeling has always been that character is the most important, followed by the situation, the problem to be overcome, navigated, or sunk by, and the setting, where and when it all happens. So, when I find myself contemplating yet another historical novel, it is almost always the character who appears first.
Where they actually come from, which corner of my brain, I don’t quite know, and I tend to feel them more than see them. They may be angry, distressed, quiet, or shouting, but usually, they are in the middle of doing something when they first appear. Very occasionally, there will be two of them, but almost always it is only one.
Who Is the Character?
Usually, but not always, she is a woman. I don’t often have a lot of choice about her. She may be old, as in The Villa Triste, my novel about the Italia
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The Precursor to the Salem Witch Trials - an Editorial Review of "The Devil's Glove"
Northern New England, summer, 1688.Salem started here.A suspicious death. A rumor of war. Whispers of witchcraft.
Perched on the brink of disaster, Resolve Hammond and her mother, Deliverance, struggle to survive in their isolated coastal village. They're known as healers taught by the local tribes - and suspected of witchcraft by the local villagers.
Their precarious existence becomes even more chaotic when summoned to tend to a poisoned woman. As they uncover a web of dark secrets, rumors of war engulf the village, forcing the Hammonds to choose between loyalty to their native friends or the increasingly terrified settler community.
As Resolve is plagued by strange dreams, she questions everything she thought she knew - about her family, her closest friend, and even herself. If the truth comes to light, the repercussions will be felt far beyond the confines of this small settlement.
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Salem started here.
A suspicious cool. A report of hostilities. Whispers atlas witchcraft.