“The Forest Knights” is born

June 28, 2011

Five years ago my girlfriend said “It’s time to meet my parents.”

This was my response:

ARE YOU SURE?

She paused for a very long, uncomfortable moment before responding, “Uh, yeah. I think so.”

Now what’s this got to do with “The Forest Knights” you ask? Well, my girlfriend immigrated to Canada about eight years ago from…(yep, you guessed it) Switzerland. And since her parents still live there, we would need to go on a trip.

Now I’ve always been a history buff, and when I finally came to terms with the fact I was going to Heidi-Land, I began to read up on the little country. When I found out this is where William Tell came from (not England!) I got especially excited, and began to hum the overture while I made a long list of all the “Tell hotspots” to visit.

I met a lot of great people and saw some beautiful country on that trip.  and somewhere along the way, the seeds of a novel began festering in my subconscious.

At that point, all I knew for sure was it would have nothing to do with chocolate or watches. Army knives were, of course, still a possibility.