Yes, dear readers, it’s all about location – exotic locations, cold locations, exclusive locations and old locations. MUTINY throws them all together, from London to Frankfurt, Gibraltar to Croatia, Seattle to Bremerton, and the frozen darkness of the North Pole to the Mediterranean. I hope these contrasting locations keep readers interest levels peaking, just as they helped stimulate my writing. Do I have a preference? Not really. I’m not a fan of London or Gibraltar but enjoyed my stays in Croatia, and I have never been to the North Pole – although I have spent some time outside in minus 20 degree temperature. That puts Croatia high on my list of locations, notably the cities of Trieste, Split and Dubrovnik. The difficulty with multiple locations was calculating the times and distances for travel, in order to keep continuity.
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Location, Location, Location
It’s a rule of fiction writing that locations are important – they anchor the action and give framework to the characters and plot. The opening chapters of MUTINY are located in London and, in particular, focus on the Horse Guards Cavalry Museum. My English cousin took my wife and me to the museum back in 2013 and it was a fitting backdrop for MUTINY. Added research was needed to fill in some gaps in my knowledge of this location, but I had enough detail from the visit to work these out. The other key locations in MUTINY – Barcelona, Dubrovnik, Split, Trieste, Cartagena and Gibraltar – were places we visited during a trip in 2019. A funny thing happened in Dubrovnik which will be the subject of my next post.