Author’s Note
There is something continually intriguing about the medieval time period. I’m still not sure what it is exactly that draws so many of us to the tales of knights and nobility. Perhaps it’s the battles, weapons, castles, honor, and bravery. I dove into medieval research years ago because I knew Gage belonged in a medieval setting.
Accuracy in historical fiction has always mattered a great deal to me, and the fear that I might possibly misrepresent real people and times in history is why I have never dared traverse into writing historical fiction. In creating Gage’s story, I allowed myself several concessions, which shifted this novel’s genre instead to medieval action/adventure.
1. I chose to make the setting medieval but still fictitious.
2. I chose no particular historical dates but rather used details and research from the medieval age as a whole.
3. I took liberties within my fictitious setting and altered what would have been the typical religious styles, governments, laws, etc.
These decisions gave me the freedom to write Gage’s story with many of the fascinating factors of the medieval time period but without the restrictions or fear of having to hold perfectly to history.
I hope you enjoy the medieval flavor and setting of MARKED.