Since Tim is a Dickens fan, I put a Dickensian spin on this book. All new characters are named from Dickens, and I even borrowed some directly. Now I'd always wanted to write a theater mystery, so Laura's husband is directing a play in Byerly. Come to think of it, gluing apparently unrelated things together is called a collage, and a collage is art, so maybe Mad as the Dickens is artistic after all. She said that the mountains are clothed with floating fogs, and full of hidden places like caves and hollows.
Strange lights show from afar but disappear up close.
Outlaws hide and are never found. Liz figured there was enough inspiration to last her forever. I only wish that she had lasted forever. Caves give me goose bumps. Such places lurk in my mind ready to burst into the flame of a story, but not until an intriguing character suddenly appears in my mind's eye.