HeyJaredKim Rendfeld
A lifelong fascination with fairy tales and legends set Kim Rendfeld on her quest to write fiction. A retired communications professional, she has written four novels set in early medieval times. More at kimrendfeld.com.
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Discovering a Villain’s Motivation (opens the original)
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As I was adding historic events to my outline for Duchess of the New Dawn, an antagonist emerged: Swidger, Count of the Nordgau. As a novelist, I had a challenge: provide readers with a character to root against but still see as fully human.This task did not require knowing Swidger’s full backstory—very little is known about him anyway—but I needed to understand his reasons. Like my other characters, I blended historic events with speculation.The historic Swidger and his allies in Lindenhart dro
Portraying the Duke of Bavaria When You Can’t Know All the Facts (opens the original)
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Like I did with Chiltrude, the heroine of my new novel, Duchess of the New Dawn, I had to invent quite a bit about her love interest, Odilo, Duke of the Bavarians, but I wove in the history where I could.One certainty in his background: he belonged to Bavaria’s ruling family, the Agilolfings. The rest of it is educated guesses and invention. We don’t know when Odilo was born or exactly who his parents were.Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and sup
Creating an Early Medieval Heroine’s Childhood (opens the original)
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Anything you read in Duchess of the New Dawn about my heroine’s childhood is my invention. Although the primary sources say nothing about how the real-life Chiltrude grew up, a novelist needs to know what shaped her main characters, even if she has to make educated guesses.Chiltrude was the daughter of Charles Martel and Chrodtrude. My first task was figuring out Chiltrude’s and her brothers’ ages. All we know with certainty is that Chiltrude and her two full brothers were born before their moth
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