YA Indie Carnival: Story settings

For me, setting is hugely important in my books. In fact, it was the setting of Powell River (see below) that inspired me to write The Raven Saga in the first place. Mysterious, eerie and beautiful, my imagination went into overdrive and I just knew that it would be the perfect setting for a YA urban fantasy book (that would eventually become a trilogy!).

The Powell River beach that inspired The Raven Saga

I adore books that have fascinating settings: enchanting forests, magical castles, ghostly graveyards, rural idylls.... I could go on! I can easily say that it is the setting that inspires my stories above anything else. I need to come up with a perfect setting before my characters can come alive.
I love nothing more than visiting cathedrals, castles and quaint little villages in England because they make the cogs of my brain go completely wild. In fact, my next series will most certainly be set in the English countryside and I can't wait to get started on it!
For more setting stories, check out these awesome carnis...

1. Laura A. H. Elliott author of Winnemucca & 13 on Halloween, Book 1 in the Teen Halloween Series

2. Bryna Butler, author Midnight Guardian series
3. Heather Self

4. T. R. Graves, Author of The Warrior Series
5. Suzy Turner, author of The Raven Saga 

6. Cheri Schmidt, author of the Fateful Trilogy
7. Rachel Coles, author of Into The Ruins, geek mom blog 

8. K. C. Blake, author of Vampires Rule and Crushed
9. Patti Larsen, The Hunted series and The Hayle Coven series 

10. Amy Maurer Jones, Author of The Soul Quest Trilogy
11. Dani Snell's Refracted Light Reviews 

12. Fisher Amelie, author of The Understorey
13. M. Leighton, Blood Like Poison Series, Madly, The Reaping 

14. Kimberly Kinrade, Bits of You & Pieces of Me, Forbidden Mind
15. Madeline Smoot, Missing, Summer Shorts, and The Girls 

16. Cidney Swanson, author of Rippler
17. Gwenn Wright, author of Filter 

18. TG Ayer
19. Melissa Pearl, Author of The Time Spirit Trilogy 

20. Heather M. White, author of The Destiny Saga
21. Roots in Myth, PJ Hoover 

22. Courtney Cole Writes

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