Monday, April 3, 2017

B is for Bard

Welcome to Frankly Scarlett's April A to Z Blog Challenge.

This year my theme is A Goddess' Glossary and we are looking at terms utilized by Goddesses, Priestesses, Shamans and Witches. These are terms that might occur in my new fantasy series, Paisley Cove.

B is for Bard

In medieval Gaelic and British culture, a bard was a professional story teller, verse-maker and music composer, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or noble), to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.

William Shakespeare is known as the Bard of Avon and William Wordsworth is known as the Bard of Rydal Mount.


In the new novel, coming soon, The Charm Of Paisley Cove, our main character Phoebe, escapes her mundane life to spend three months at an East coast writer's retreat called, Paisley Cove. Phoebe's hope is to unearth the best-selling author she thinks was buried within her at the age of sixteen, following the death of her father.

Come back tomorrow for C is for Charm.

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Scarlett Loving life in Cuenca!

14 comments:

  1. When I was 14, I desperately wanted to become a bard. It was the first step I took towards being a professional storyteller, which I am today :) Great theme!

    The Multicolored Diary: WTF - Weird Things in Folktales

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  2. Being a bard seems such a lovely, romantic job - I'm sure it wasn't and was lots of hard, unrewarding work most of the time, but reading about them is always interesing

    Believe In Fairy Stories: Theme - Folklore & Fairy Tales

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  3. Love the name Phoebe, sounds like a really good novel you have coming soon!
    Heidi at, Decibel Memos

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    1. Thanks for coming by Heidi and I sure hope you're right. I'm writing it this month while I a-z.

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  4. Argh! Your photo didn't come through. It says no hotlinking - check out Pixabay.

    Great post though!

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    1. Thanks for the heads up Donna, and for coming by. One should never do things the easy way. You can't copy image and paste from Pixabay. And thanks for coming by.

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  5. I never really knew the definition of a bard. Thanks for the lesson!

    Emily | My Life In Ecuador

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    1. Thanks for coming by Emily and if you shall return I hope you continue to learn new things...it keeps us young!

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  6. This bard is seeking a wealthy patron!

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    1. You know, now that you mention it I know a couple of people who are modern day bards. I think they too are seeking wealthy patrons. Me? I only what to write what I want to write. Spoiled I suppose, lol. Thanks for coming by!

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  7. I am claiming this title for myself, another way to say storyteller. And I got to preview bits of Scarlett's new book. I am totally hooked and frothing at the mouth for the next installment.

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    1. Thanks! And I think you are a bard. And Finn. Finn is definitely a bard. And maybe Su. Hmm..I think we need more wealthy patrons around here.

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