I began the Wise One series with a map in mind and drew it out almost before I had a character imagined, and long before there was a story. ��The map helped me conceptualize the journey the protagonist��made. ��Keep in mind that this was what is now the ninth book in the series. ��I had pretty little diamonds all over it. ��I had seen a drawing of an exquisite castle in a book by Andre' Norton and imagined them all over my map. ��I live in Oregon, so the sea, mountains and forest became a necessary