It wasn't my fault. Really. I was just an innocent bystander. Then I got the idea for the third book, Bard's Oath, and that was that. As you might guess, a harp will play a major role in the story. And what better way to learn a bit about the building of a harp than to make one? Now, I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid. There's no way I have the woodworking skills, tools, time, or know-how to build a harp from scratch. That's for experts. Or people who are even more masochistic than I am--and I do silversmithing, so that's saying something. Instead, I decided to go the kit route. I felt that would give me some idea of what goes into the building of a harp, and, since the components were made by an expert, if I don't screw up, I'll have a pretty nice little instrument in the end. So after much angst (and driving Sam crazy listening to me dither back and forth), I settled on a kit from Steve Green of Steen Harps in West Virginia. I picked the 31-string Celtic model.

How it started...
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