Is anything in the book based on real mythology?
I obviously used Merlin, but otherwise, it’s all made up, and even my version of Merlin is made up, with some elements that are common to the mythology thrown in. I do like reading Welsh and other Celtic mythology, and some of that may slip in, but I haven’t yet done anything deliberately, beyond giving Owen’s pet a name that comes from a story about Lord Owain in folklore. I’m more likely to retroactively go back and try to find mythic parallels to things I’ve already written. Most of the references have more to do with business and corporate culture than they do with magic. I start with real-world ideas, and then find magical metaphors for them.
