Map of the Hound and Bear Tavern

The next place that they come to is the Hound and Bear Tavern.  This is the map for that location:

Map of Denmark

Next, I added the labels to my map of Denmark (I'd adapted the map from a screen capture from Google Maps last week).

It includes all of the major areas of Denmark (and its surrounding countries) and the 3 straits feeding water from the Baltic Sea to the North Atlantic.

This went into the Introduction this morning as well.

Map of Scandinavia

This morning started by taking a  map of Scandinavia from Wikipedia...

...cropping it and recoloring the countries to that I could identify them in my Introduction by referring to the color:

The blue is Denmark (not showing Greenland on the map).

An amazing map of Denmark

As I was searching for a topological map of the island of Fyn, I came across this amazing map of Denmark.

This map is from the Latin edition of Willem Janszoon and Joan Blaeu's Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus, the "New Atlas".  At least it was new in 1645 when it was first published.

The maps are amazing.  The one for Iceland shows an erupting volcano.

Source: http://unitproj.library.ucla.edu/cris/blaeu/

Map of the Island of Fyn (Funen) - Update

I added a bit more detail to the map of Fyn including the 2 straits on either side of the island: the Little Belt (Danish: Lillebælt) between Jutland and Fyn and the Great Belt (Danish: Storebælt) between Fyn and Sjælland.  Also, the route between Mæthelfar and Jelling was added.

Map of the Island of Fyn (Funen)

I've not gotten around to writing yet today because I was held up by needing a map of the island of Fyn to help me know where each of the characters are.

Fyn is the 3rd largest island in Denmark.  The largest city on Fyn is Odense which is the 3rd largest city in Denmark.

Odense is also where the Abbey of St. Knud is located.  Today, Odense Cathedral stands on the spot where the abbey had been located.

Now onto writing...

Second Draft of Abbey Map

Some trees were added to the map to make it a bit more organic.  In addition, there is a table and benches beneath the tree in the lower left, a place from which to contemplate God's work in the abbey and discuss things of import.

First Draft of Abbey Map

The purpose of this blog is to document my progress during the month of November 2013 as I attempt NaNoWriMo for the first time.  30 days.  2000 words (4.4 pages) a day.

Move of October has been spent researching history and trying to write my plot outline and supporting documentation.

Part of that preparation means coming up with mock-ups or diagrams of certain key locations.  One of those is the Abbey of St. Knud on Odense.  Attached is a plan view of the abbey (my fictional view of the abbey) that I completed earlier today.

Note that I am taking a few liberties with the precise year that things take place in.  For example, according to Wikipedia, the abbey was founded in 1096.  I need it to be in place prior to that.