Jo here, pulling together Wenchly responses to the question, "Have you ever visited a place that's ended up in a book?"
Nicola
I love the way in which anything from a snippet of conversation to a piece of music can inspire an idea for a book, and certainly I find that many places spark off story ideas for me. The most unusual would probably be Spitsbergen, in the Norwegian Arctic, which featured in Whisper of Scandal. Another unusual book idea sprang from a visit to Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. I love Suffolk and the town of Woodbridge in particular, and I set my Bluestocking Brides series in that area.
Woodbridge was a garrison town in the late 18th and early 19th century and quite a centre of Georgian society. There was a theatre and fine shops and a regatta on the river Deben. The picture is of the Woodbridge tide mill. Sutton Hoo, just down the road from Woodbridge, was the site of an Anglo-Saxon ship burial, thought to be that of King Raedwald. The site is extraordinarily atmospheric and I thought what fun it would be to feature an archaeological dig in a book. So the idea of The Notorious Lord was born, based on Sutton Hoo and with an archaeologist hero. I loved that book! It was such fun to write an Indiana Jones of the Regency.
Anne
Living on the other side of the world from the places I set my stories doesn't make it very easy to "borrow" specific places or pop across to do some research for a specific book. I tend to have a good general knowledge of some areas and districts, like London locations, Bath, and a few stately homes I've visited but outside of that, I generally use the web to find a particular place for a particular story or an event in a story. I collect photos of the location, and maps, and whatever else I can.
For The Winter Bride, I was looking for a place where my hero and heroine could break their journey and among the various choices I found Dean Gate, which has a Jane Austen connection. As my book also has a Jane Austen connection, I thought it a serendipitous choice.
Pat
Writers live in convoluted worlds where anything they see, hear, taste, or touch can trigger a story. I've had lines of songs or overheard conversations tweak my subconscious and cause characters to crawl out of the murky depths. But there is nothing like having the whole
array—stunning visual interest, intriguing sounds, luscious smells—to generate entire scenes of a novel. It's difficult to pick just one episode of this happening, but possibly the largest sensory stimulation for a novel I've experienced is the town of Paris, Kentucky, probably because it was a town I used to visit regularly. 
Shelter from the Storm developed out of that ambiance. The old slave walls, Georgian mansions, rolling emerald hills, fresh mown grass and lilacs…and the tarpaper shacks hidden down dark alleys…exploded in my imagination. All it needed was one song—Tobacco Road —to produce a flow of characters and stories that developed into my saga of two lost people finding their way through love and war. Places are dangerous to the imagination!
Mary Jo
All three of my contemporary novels are set at least partly in Baltimore, where I live, so I've used plenty of real places, from neighborhoods to country drives to local prisons. But that's just too easy. <G> Most of my books are set in Britain, and since I lived in Oxford for two years and traveled all over the British isles, I have a pretty good sense of what things look like.
When I'm writing a book, I usually conjure places that are a distillation of what I've seen and what the story requires. And yet–once upon a time, long before I started to write, we visited the
Outer Hebrides island of Harris and Lewis. (It's one island, with the north end called Lewis and the south end Harris. They tend to be talked about as if they're two islands; why, I canna say. <G>) 
There, on a wild coast, we visited a crumbled old village of traditional black houses: primitive low stone houses with thatched roofs. (photo of a Lewis blackhouse by Dougie MacLean.) The ragged stone walls and collapsed roofs and rampant vegetation seemed like a perfect setting for a romantic suspense novel, with good guys being hunted by ruthless bad guys. And lo! It came to pass in Shattered Rainbows, when Michael and Catherine are running for their lives. But I placed that abandoned village on a fictional island loosely based on the Channel Isle of Sark, which is more typical of my settings. That's why we call it fiction!
Joanna
This reminds me of a night …
I was poking along the back roads of Normandy in my station wagon, Pygmalion. If you want to be strictly technical about it, I was lost,since somebody had up and moved St Valéry from where it was supposed to be.
It got dark. The roads got smaller and rougher and more desolate. (I was really lost.) I began to wonder what it'd be like to be scared and desperate, on the run, in these pine woods and scrubby fields. 
(Image: Creative Commons attribution Overland)
I saw my Fox Cub, my clever little vixen, all brains and nervous courage, outthinking her enemies, hiding in some ancient deserted building back of those trees. If she could just make it across the Channel, to England, she'd be safe. Or as safe as she could be, carrying the secret she was
carrying.
Cara/Andrea
One of my favorite places to visit is London, and Horse Guards, which was headquarters of the military brass during the Regency, figures prominently in my Andrea Penrose Lady Arianna mysteries, such as The Cocoa Conspiracy.
Lord Grentham, nemesis of both her and her husband, Lord Saybrook, is based there, and a number of heated confrontations take place within his office, which overlooks the massive parade ground to the rear of the building. 
The Royal Horse Guards, an elite cavalry unit, still do daily maneuvers there, and I took some artistic liberties in imagining what the scene would look like from the upper floors.
Susan
Sometimes a situation inspires a story, whether it's imagined or a historic event; sometimes a character bubbles up first out of the story soup; and sometimes a place will stir up a new story, or at least a subplot or chapter. The power of a beautiful, haunting or mysterious place has brought me ideas many times, and several visits to Scotland have given me settings for a number of books.
An entire story springing from one place came to me one rainy day in Dunfermline, Scotland. I was there to research one novel (Laird of the Wind) and unexpectedly discovered another when I walked through the silent nave of the old Romanesque abbey and stood looking at the remains of the old chapel that once housed the tombs of Queen St. Margaret of Scotland and her husband, King Malcolm Canmore. Suddenly I wanted desperately to know more about Margaret and her Malcolm. 
I then walked through Pittencrieff Park–the long path slopes away from the abbey grounds to lead through a lush, peaceful forest–and there I climbed the mossy steps of Malcolm's Tower, the ruins of an old stone fortress. ((photo credit: Malcolm's Tower, Kim Traynor, WikimediaCommons) Here these two 11th century monarchs–I knew about them, but had never thought of them in terms of fiction until that day–had once lived and loved and changed the fate and direction of medieval Scotland.
I came away from that first trip to Dunfermline with one book to finish, and another to begin. It was several years before I found the time to write Queen Hereafter, the story of the Saxon princess and her Scottish king. But that book very much began with a visit to a magical place, their long-ago home, once strong and unbroken, now a humble, beautiful ruin.
And now mine.
Back in 2000, when I was writing The Dragon's Bride,we took a trip back to England from Canada and drove along the Devon coast checking on locations for the book, which involved smuggling. I'd already pinpointed Beer, a small town that seemed to have the right geography and history. It did — to such an extent that it was the home and base for a famous one, Jack Rattenbury. As he was alive and operational in 1816, the time of my book, I changed the name to Dragon's Cove (there's a story to account for that.)
Once I'd changed the name I felt free to play with the details in any way I wanted, so I split the real town into two villages, Dragon's Cove and Church Wyvern, which had different characters, and I plunked the faux-medieval Crag Wyvern, seat of the earls of Wyvern, on top of those cliffs in the picture. That research trip gave us the idea of moving to the Devon coast, so though we don't live in Beer it's not far away, so we recently took a trip to take new photos, because the sequel to The Dragon's Bride, A Shocking Delight, will be out soon.
There are some other pictures here.
Question. Have you ever visited a place that inspired story ideas? Tell us about them, whether you wrote the stories or not.
Have you ever visited a place because you read about it in a book and wanted to see for yourself?
I'll give a copy of The Dragon's Bride to one commenter on this blog.
Cheers from sunny Devon — yes, spring is here!
Jo
I love history and that is where I get most of my ideas from.
My first novel was about the battle between the Saxons and the British Celts in 577.
It started when I found a passage in the Anglo Saxon Chronicles. It said ‘Three British kings were killed this day’
I started to research and found very little but the passage stayed in my mind. I started to write a story of the Celts struggle to over come the Saxons.
I have self published this book and it has been well received by those that have bought it.
I am now writing another novel, again, started by a small statement I found. his time is set in Kent and London in 1703.
I love history and that is where I get most of my ideas from.
My first novel was about the battle between the Saxons and the British Celts in 577.
It started when I found a passage in the Anglo Saxon Chronicles. It said ‘Three British kings were killed this day’
I started to research and found very little but the passage stayed in my mind. I started to write a story of the Celts struggle to over come the Saxons.
I have self published this book and it has been well received by those that have bought it.
I am now writing another novel, again, started by a small statement I found. his time is set in Kent and London in 1703.
I love history and that is where I get most of my ideas from.
My first novel was about the battle between the Saxons and the British Celts in 577.
It started when I found a passage in the Anglo Saxon Chronicles. It said ‘Three British kings were killed this day’
I started to research and found very little but the passage stayed in my mind. I started to write a story of the Celts struggle to over come the Saxons.
I have self published this book and it has been well received by those that have bought it.
I am now writing another novel, again, started by a small statement I found. his time is set in Kent and London in 1703.
I love history and that is where I get most of my ideas from.
My first novel was about the battle between the Saxons and the British Celts in 577.
It started when I found a passage in the Anglo Saxon Chronicles. It said ‘Three British kings were killed this day’
I started to research and found very little but the passage stayed in my mind. I started to write a story of the Celts struggle to over come the Saxons.
I have self published this book and it has been well received by those that have bought it.
I am now writing another novel, again, started by a small statement I found. his time is set in Kent and London in 1703.
I love history and that is where I get most of my ideas from.
My first novel was about the battle between the Saxons and the British Celts in 577.
It started when I found a passage in the Anglo Saxon Chronicles. It said ‘Three British kings were killed this day’
I started to research and found very little but the passage stayed in my mind. I started to write a story of the Celts struggle to over come the Saxons.
I have self published this book and it has been well received by those that have bought it.
I am now writing another novel, again, started by a small statement I found. his time is set in Kent and London in 1703.
Reding Susan’s description of the old Romanesque abbey which inspired her reminded me of Tintern Abbey (which Wordsworth wrote about). although I think it’s not Romanesque. The atmosphere there sparks the imagination. The same is true for me of the various Roman ruins which I have visited; I find myself imagining people who would have lived or visited there in their heyday.
This is the opposite really: I’m re-reading Mary Stewart’s My Brother Michael, which is set in and around Delphi and reminds me of my long ago visit there.
Reding Susan’s description of the old Romanesque abbey which inspired her reminded me of Tintern Abbey (which Wordsworth wrote about). although I think it’s not Romanesque. The atmosphere there sparks the imagination. The same is true for me of the various Roman ruins which I have visited; I find myself imagining people who would have lived or visited there in their heyday.
This is the opposite really: I’m re-reading Mary Stewart’s My Brother Michael, which is set in and around Delphi and reminds me of my long ago visit there.
Reding Susan’s description of the old Romanesque abbey which inspired her reminded me of Tintern Abbey (which Wordsworth wrote about). although I think it’s not Romanesque. The atmosphere there sparks the imagination. The same is true for me of the various Roman ruins which I have visited; I find myself imagining people who would have lived or visited there in their heyday.
This is the opposite really: I’m re-reading Mary Stewart’s My Brother Michael, which is set in and around Delphi and reminds me of my long ago visit there.
Reding Susan’s description of the old Romanesque abbey which inspired her reminded me of Tintern Abbey (which Wordsworth wrote about). although I think it’s not Romanesque. The atmosphere there sparks the imagination. The same is true for me of the various Roman ruins which I have visited; I find myself imagining people who would have lived or visited there in their heyday.
This is the opposite really: I’m re-reading Mary Stewart’s My Brother Michael, which is set in and around Delphi and reminds me of my long ago visit there.
Reding Susan’s description of the old Romanesque abbey which inspired her reminded me of Tintern Abbey (which Wordsworth wrote about). although I think it’s not Romanesque. The atmosphere there sparks the imagination. The same is true for me of the various Roman ruins which I have visited; I find myself imagining people who would have lived or visited there in their heyday.
This is the opposite really: I’m re-reading Mary Stewart’s My Brother Michael, which is set in and around Delphi and reminds me of my long ago visit there.
From my high school days on, I would read gothics mainly where the White Cliffs of Dover would be featured. During one of my trips in the UK, I stayed in Folkestone (mentioned in other novels) and took the hotel shuttle to Dover. I toured the Dover Castle (wonderful old Norman chapel that captured my imagination of weddings and funerals) and a rather spiffy dungeon for nobles to be held, complete with graffiti, among all the buildings. Yes, some prisoners did count off days. Dover also has a huge tunnel complex, used for command and control for it military until the 1960s. It served as a military hospital during WWII. I finished off the day with a cruise of the Dover Harbor.
My next venture, I hope, will include Bath.
From my high school days on, I would read gothics mainly where the White Cliffs of Dover would be featured. During one of my trips in the UK, I stayed in Folkestone (mentioned in other novels) and took the hotel shuttle to Dover. I toured the Dover Castle (wonderful old Norman chapel that captured my imagination of weddings and funerals) and a rather spiffy dungeon for nobles to be held, complete with graffiti, among all the buildings. Yes, some prisoners did count off days. Dover also has a huge tunnel complex, used for command and control for it military until the 1960s. It served as a military hospital during WWII. I finished off the day with a cruise of the Dover Harbor.
My next venture, I hope, will include Bath.
From my high school days on, I would read gothics mainly where the White Cliffs of Dover would be featured. During one of my trips in the UK, I stayed in Folkestone (mentioned in other novels) and took the hotel shuttle to Dover. I toured the Dover Castle (wonderful old Norman chapel that captured my imagination of weddings and funerals) and a rather spiffy dungeon for nobles to be held, complete with graffiti, among all the buildings. Yes, some prisoners did count off days. Dover also has a huge tunnel complex, used for command and control for it military until the 1960s. It served as a military hospital during WWII. I finished off the day with a cruise of the Dover Harbor.
My next venture, I hope, will include Bath.
From my high school days on, I would read gothics mainly where the White Cliffs of Dover would be featured. During one of my trips in the UK, I stayed in Folkestone (mentioned in other novels) and took the hotel shuttle to Dover. I toured the Dover Castle (wonderful old Norman chapel that captured my imagination of weddings and funerals) and a rather spiffy dungeon for nobles to be held, complete with graffiti, among all the buildings. Yes, some prisoners did count off days. Dover also has a huge tunnel complex, used for command and control for it military until the 1960s. It served as a military hospital during WWII. I finished off the day with a cruise of the Dover Harbor.
My next venture, I hope, will include Bath.
From my high school days on, I would read gothics mainly where the White Cliffs of Dover would be featured. During one of my trips in the UK, I stayed in Folkestone (mentioned in other novels) and took the hotel shuttle to Dover. I toured the Dover Castle (wonderful old Norman chapel that captured my imagination of weddings and funerals) and a rather spiffy dungeon for nobles to be held, complete with graffiti, among all the buildings. Yes, some prisoners did count off days. Dover also has a huge tunnel complex, used for command and control for it military until the 1960s. It served as a military hospital during WWII. I finished off the day with a cruise of the Dover Harbor.
My next venture, I hope, will include Bath.
I love how that single line — “Three British kings were killed this day” — led to your imagined world full of people and detail and passion. Like a drop of water spreading out in circles over a whole still pond.
Congrats on the story and best of luck with the next.
I love how that single line — “Three British kings were killed this day” — led to your imagined world full of people and detail and passion. Like a drop of water spreading out in circles over a whole still pond.
Congrats on the story and best of luck with the next.
I love how that single line — “Three British kings were killed this day” — led to your imagined world full of people and detail and passion. Like a drop of water spreading out in circles over a whole still pond.
Congrats on the story and best of luck with the next.
I love how that single line — “Three British kings were killed this day” — led to your imagined world full of people and detail and passion. Like a drop of water spreading out in circles over a whole still pond.
Congrats on the story and best of luck with the next.
I love how that single line — “Three British kings were killed this day” — led to your imagined world full of people and detail and passion. Like a drop of water spreading out in circles over a whole still pond.
Congrats on the story and best of luck with the next.
I love Mary Stewart and that book in particular. That’s the one with cave at the end, right? I so much wanted to find that cave in Delphi.
Even now, I’m quite convinced it exists. That’s a strong fictive world, isn’t it?
I love Mary Stewart and that book in particular. That’s the one with cave at the end, right? I so much wanted to find that cave in Delphi.
Even now, I’m quite convinced it exists. That’s a strong fictive world, isn’t it?
I love Mary Stewart and that book in particular. That’s the one with cave at the end, right? I so much wanted to find that cave in Delphi.
Even now, I’m quite convinced it exists. That’s a strong fictive world, isn’t it?
I love Mary Stewart and that book in particular. That’s the one with cave at the end, right? I so much wanted to find that cave in Delphi.
Even now, I’m quite convinced it exists. That’s a strong fictive world, isn’t it?
I love Mary Stewart and that book in particular. That’s the one with cave at the end, right? I so much wanted to find that cave in Delphi.
Even now, I’m quite convinced it exists. That’s a strong fictive world, isn’t it?
Dunfermline is beautiful, HJ – it’s a haunting atmosphere, yet comforting in its silence and solid beauty, like so many of the very old churches. I’ve never been to Tintern but I’d imagien it evokes similar feelings. Margaret and Malcolm feel so very real at Dunfermline – it was a privilege to write about them.
I adore My Brother Michael – I totally agree about the Delphi ruins. They stay with you.
Dunfermline is beautiful, HJ – it’s a haunting atmosphere, yet comforting in its silence and solid beauty, like so many of the very old churches. I’ve never been to Tintern but I’d imagien it evokes similar feelings. Margaret and Malcolm feel so very real at Dunfermline – it was a privilege to write about them.
I adore My Brother Michael – I totally agree about the Delphi ruins. They stay with you.
Dunfermline is beautiful, HJ – it’s a haunting atmosphere, yet comforting in its silence and solid beauty, like so many of the very old churches. I’ve never been to Tintern but I’d imagien it evokes similar feelings. Margaret and Malcolm feel so very real at Dunfermline – it was a privilege to write about them.
I adore My Brother Michael – I totally agree about the Delphi ruins. They stay with you.
Dunfermline is beautiful, HJ – it’s a haunting atmosphere, yet comforting in its silence and solid beauty, like so many of the very old churches. I’ve never been to Tintern but I’d imagien it evokes similar feelings. Margaret and Malcolm feel so very real at Dunfermline – it was a privilege to write about them.
I adore My Brother Michael – I totally agree about the Delphi ruins. They stay with you.
Dunfermline is beautiful, HJ – it’s a haunting atmosphere, yet comforting in its silence and solid beauty, like so many of the very old churches. I’ve never been to Tintern but I’d imagien it evokes similar feelings. Margaret and Malcolm feel so very real at Dunfermline – it was a privilege to write about them.
I adore My Brother Michael – I totally agree about the Delphi ruins. They stay with you.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles are full of evocative things, aren’t they, and often the details are fragmentary. It’s frustrating, but it leaves scope for the writer’s imagination.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles are full of evocative things, aren’t they, and often the details are fragmentary. It’s frustrating, but it leaves scope for the writer’s imagination.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles are full of evocative things, aren’t they, and often the details are fragmentary. It’s frustrating, but it leaves scope for the writer’s imagination.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles are full of evocative things, aren’t they, and often the details are fragmentary. It’s frustrating, but it leaves scope for the writer’s imagination.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles are full of evocative things, aren’t they, and often the details are fragmentary. It’s frustrating, but it leaves scope for the writer’s imagination.
Thanks for that memory, Shannon. Old places often seem to carry stories in the stones.
Thanks for that memory, Shannon. Old places often seem to carry stories in the stones.
Thanks for that memory, Shannon. Old places often seem to carry stories in the stones.
Thanks for that memory, Shannon. Old places often seem to carry stories in the stones.
Thanks for that memory, Shannon. Old places often seem to carry stories in the stones.
I draw on my years in Kelsale more often than not when writing scenes that take place in a small English village. And the 11th century church at the center of the village has starred in a couple of my novels. There is presently a campaign to restore the lynch gate there as it is of significant historical importance.
My second novel begins at an estate sitting on a cliff that looks as if it might collapse into the sea at any moment. I visited Dunwich when I was a child and I have vivid memories of the cemetery stones marching into the sea.
My current nearly finished WIP takes place in a notorious house that is based on a place I have never been, but hope to visit one day – Audley End. I have collected every book, article and photo I can find on what was once the largest stately home in England. The house was so large at one point the servants traveled in pairs and tied strings to door latches in order to find their way back. That single statement in an obscure article set the premise for Wicked in His Arms in motion.
I draw on my years in Kelsale more often than not when writing scenes that take place in a small English village. And the 11th century church at the center of the village has starred in a couple of my novels. There is presently a campaign to restore the lynch gate there as it is of significant historical importance.
My second novel begins at an estate sitting on a cliff that looks as if it might collapse into the sea at any moment. I visited Dunwich when I was a child and I have vivid memories of the cemetery stones marching into the sea.
My current nearly finished WIP takes place in a notorious house that is based on a place I have never been, but hope to visit one day – Audley End. I have collected every book, article and photo I can find on what was once the largest stately home in England. The house was so large at one point the servants traveled in pairs and tied strings to door latches in order to find their way back. That single statement in an obscure article set the premise for Wicked in His Arms in motion.
I draw on my years in Kelsale more often than not when writing scenes that take place in a small English village. And the 11th century church at the center of the village has starred in a couple of my novels. There is presently a campaign to restore the lynch gate there as it is of significant historical importance.
My second novel begins at an estate sitting on a cliff that looks as if it might collapse into the sea at any moment. I visited Dunwich when I was a child and I have vivid memories of the cemetery stones marching into the sea.
My current nearly finished WIP takes place in a notorious house that is based on a place I have never been, but hope to visit one day – Audley End. I have collected every book, article and photo I can find on what was once the largest stately home in England. The house was so large at one point the servants traveled in pairs and tied strings to door latches in order to find their way back. That single statement in an obscure article set the premise for Wicked in His Arms in motion.
I draw on my years in Kelsale more often than not when writing scenes that take place in a small English village. And the 11th century church at the center of the village has starred in a couple of my novels. There is presently a campaign to restore the lynch gate there as it is of significant historical importance.
My second novel begins at an estate sitting on a cliff that looks as if it might collapse into the sea at any moment. I visited Dunwich when I was a child and I have vivid memories of the cemetery stones marching into the sea.
My current nearly finished WIP takes place in a notorious house that is based on a place I have never been, but hope to visit one day – Audley End. I have collected every book, article and photo I can find on what was once the largest stately home in England. The house was so large at one point the servants traveled in pairs and tied strings to door latches in order to find their way back. That single statement in an obscure article set the premise for Wicked in His Arms in motion.
I draw on my years in Kelsale more often than not when writing scenes that take place in a small English village. And the 11th century church at the center of the village has starred in a couple of my novels. There is presently a campaign to restore the lynch gate there as it is of significant historical importance.
My second novel begins at an estate sitting on a cliff that looks as if it might collapse into the sea at any moment. I visited Dunwich when I was a child and I have vivid memories of the cemetery stones marching into the sea.
My current nearly finished WIP takes place in a notorious house that is based on a place I have never been, but hope to visit one day – Audley End. I have collected every book, article and photo I can find on what was once the largest stately home in England. The house was so large at one point the servants traveled in pairs and tied strings to door latches in order to find their way back. That single statement in an obscure article set the premise for Wicked in His Arms in motion.
A great topic – thanks to all of the authors for sharing. This blog is sure to send me back looking for some of the books mentioned to read again.
For a reader, it’s a wonderful experience when an author creates a setting that becomes more than just scenery.
I appreciate the photos & thanks for the Pinterest link, Jo.
Those images reminded me of a collection Julia Ross put up some years ago – and the link still worked! http://www.juliaross.net/photogallery.htm
A great topic – thanks to all of the authors for sharing. This blog is sure to send me back looking for some of the books mentioned to read again.
For a reader, it’s a wonderful experience when an author creates a setting that becomes more than just scenery.
I appreciate the photos & thanks for the Pinterest link, Jo.
Those images reminded me of a collection Julia Ross put up some years ago – and the link still worked! http://www.juliaross.net/photogallery.htm
A great topic – thanks to all of the authors for sharing. This blog is sure to send me back looking for some of the books mentioned to read again.
For a reader, it’s a wonderful experience when an author creates a setting that becomes more than just scenery.
I appreciate the photos & thanks for the Pinterest link, Jo.
Those images reminded me of a collection Julia Ross put up some years ago – and the link still worked! http://www.juliaross.net/photogallery.htm
A great topic – thanks to all of the authors for sharing. This blog is sure to send me back looking for some of the books mentioned to read again.
For a reader, it’s a wonderful experience when an author creates a setting that becomes more than just scenery.
I appreciate the photos & thanks for the Pinterest link, Jo.
Those images reminded me of a collection Julia Ross put up some years ago – and the link still worked! http://www.juliaross.net/photogallery.htm
A great topic – thanks to all of the authors for sharing. This blog is sure to send me back looking for some of the books mentioned to read again.
For a reader, it’s a wonderful experience when an author creates a setting that becomes more than just scenery.
I appreciate the photos & thanks for the Pinterest link, Jo.
Those images reminded me of a collection Julia Ross put up some years ago – and the link still worked! http://www.juliaross.net/photogallery.htm
Thanks for the wonderful blog of your memories and inspiration.
I have never been out of the USA and Canada unfortunately. Years ago, my husband and I and some friends that used to live next door to us went to Baltimore, Virgina, and Pennsylvania. We saw a lot of Civil War sites, which made us feel as though we were there during the Civil War battles. The scenery was absolutely breathtaking and it was hard to imagine that so much had been spilled there. We loved that trip.
Thanks for the wonderful blog of your memories and inspiration.
I have never been out of the USA and Canada unfortunately. Years ago, my husband and I and some friends that used to live next door to us went to Baltimore, Virgina, and Pennsylvania. We saw a lot of Civil War sites, which made us feel as though we were there during the Civil War battles. The scenery was absolutely breathtaking and it was hard to imagine that so much had been spilled there. We loved that trip.
Thanks for the wonderful blog of your memories and inspiration.
I have never been out of the USA and Canada unfortunately. Years ago, my husband and I and some friends that used to live next door to us went to Baltimore, Virgina, and Pennsylvania. We saw a lot of Civil War sites, which made us feel as though we were there during the Civil War battles. The scenery was absolutely breathtaking and it was hard to imagine that so much had been spilled there. We loved that trip.
Thanks for the wonderful blog of your memories and inspiration.
I have never been out of the USA and Canada unfortunately. Years ago, my husband and I and some friends that used to live next door to us went to Baltimore, Virgina, and Pennsylvania. We saw a lot of Civil War sites, which made us feel as though we were there during the Civil War battles. The scenery was absolutely breathtaking and it was hard to imagine that so much had been spilled there. We loved that trip.
Thanks for the wonderful blog of your memories and inspiration.
I have never been out of the USA and Canada unfortunately. Years ago, my husband and I and some friends that used to live next door to us went to Baltimore, Virgina, and Pennsylvania. We saw a lot of Civil War sites, which made us feel as though we were there during the Civil War battles. The scenery was absolutely breathtaking and it was hard to imagine that so much had been spilled there. We loved that trip.
My husband and I toured the USS Alabama at Mobile, Al one summer. My dad served in the USN during WWII —
No wonder he was thin & tan… danged hot isn’t descriptive enough!! Hot metal, hot sun, no air conditioning… goodness sake…
My husband and I toured the USS Alabama at Mobile, Al one summer. My dad served in the USN during WWII —
No wonder he was thin & tan… danged hot isn’t descriptive enough!! Hot metal, hot sun, no air conditioning… goodness sake…
My husband and I toured the USS Alabama at Mobile, Al one summer. My dad served in the USN during WWII —
No wonder he was thin & tan… danged hot isn’t descriptive enough!! Hot metal, hot sun, no air conditioning… goodness sake…
My husband and I toured the USS Alabama at Mobile, Al one summer. My dad served in the USN during WWII —
No wonder he was thin & tan… danged hot isn’t descriptive enough!! Hot metal, hot sun, no air conditioning… goodness sake…
My husband and I toured the USS Alabama at Mobile, Al one summer. My dad served in the USN during WWII —
No wonder he was thin & tan… danged hot isn’t descriptive enough!! Hot metal, hot sun, no air conditioning… goodness sake…
My husband and I hiked the coastal path out of Lynmouth in Devon and one of your photos looks much like the area we hiked. And of course, I visited Bath because of the Jane Austen connection amplified by books written by Wenches and also Mary Balogh. One place I still would like to visit someday is Oxford– mostly inspired by Dorothy Sayers– Gaudy Night-, which is almost a tribute to Oxford.
Merry
My husband and I hiked the coastal path out of Lynmouth in Devon and one of your photos looks much like the area we hiked. And of course, I visited Bath because of the Jane Austen connection amplified by books written by Wenches and also Mary Balogh. One place I still would like to visit someday is Oxford– mostly inspired by Dorothy Sayers– Gaudy Night-, which is almost a tribute to Oxford.
Merry
My husband and I hiked the coastal path out of Lynmouth in Devon and one of your photos looks much like the area we hiked. And of course, I visited Bath because of the Jane Austen connection amplified by books written by Wenches and also Mary Balogh. One place I still would like to visit someday is Oxford– mostly inspired by Dorothy Sayers– Gaudy Night-, which is almost a tribute to Oxford.
Merry
My husband and I hiked the coastal path out of Lynmouth in Devon and one of your photos looks much like the area we hiked. And of course, I visited Bath because of the Jane Austen connection amplified by books written by Wenches and also Mary Balogh. One place I still would like to visit someday is Oxford– mostly inspired by Dorothy Sayers– Gaudy Night-, which is almost a tribute to Oxford.
Merry
My husband and I hiked the coastal path out of Lynmouth in Devon and one of your photos looks much like the area we hiked. And of course, I visited Bath because of the Jane Austen connection amplified by books written by Wenches and also Mary Balogh. One place I still would like to visit someday is Oxford– mostly inspired by Dorothy Sayers– Gaudy Night-, which is almost a tribute to Oxford.
Merry
I’ve never written the stories down, (I don’t feel I could do them justice) but I’ve been to quite a few places that inspire them: Bath – the town as well as the old Roman Bath itself; Stonhenge; Avebury; Colchester Castle which is built on the foundations of a Roman Temple that was sacked by Boudica; and that’s just from one trip to England.
Areas of the Texas Hill Country, Big Bend,as well as the Rocky Mountains in Colorado bring Wild West stories to mind too.
I’ve never written the stories down, (I don’t feel I could do them justice) but I’ve been to quite a few places that inspire them: Bath – the town as well as the old Roman Bath itself; Stonhenge; Avebury; Colchester Castle which is built on the foundations of a Roman Temple that was sacked by Boudica; and that’s just from one trip to England.
Areas of the Texas Hill Country, Big Bend,as well as the Rocky Mountains in Colorado bring Wild West stories to mind too.
I’ve never written the stories down, (I don’t feel I could do them justice) but I’ve been to quite a few places that inspire them: Bath – the town as well as the old Roman Bath itself; Stonhenge; Avebury; Colchester Castle which is built on the foundations of a Roman Temple that was sacked by Boudica; and that’s just from one trip to England.
Areas of the Texas Hill Country, Big Bend,as well as the Rocky Mountains in Colorado bring Wild West stories to mind too.
I’ve never written the stories down, (I don’t feel I could do them justice) but I’ve been to quite a few places that inspire them: Bath – the town as well as the old Roman Bath itself; Stonhenge; Avebury; Colchester Castle which is built on the foundations of a Roman Temple that was sacked by Boudica; and that’s just from one trip to England.
Areas of the Texas Hill Country, Big Bend,as well as the Rocky Mountains in Colorado bring Wild West stories to mind too.
I’ve never written the stories down, (I don’t feel I could do them justice) but I’ve been to quite a few places that inspire them: Bath – the town as well as the old Roman Bath itself; Stonhenge; Avebury; Colchester Castle which is built on the foundations of a Roman Temple that was sacked by Boudica; and that’s just from one trip to England.
Areas of the Texas Hill Country, Big Bend,as well as the Rocky Mountains in Colorado bring Wild West stories to mind too.