tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822517571633507083.post1586565947568392396..comments2023-09-20T11:48:23.656-04:00Comments on My Mental Marathon: Getting a Novel Published in 1 Lifetime!: Walk the Walk!Cammiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03861378825187133888noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822517571633507083.post-68866336081903579612009-12-04T15:00:48.411-05:002009-12-04T15:00:48.411-05:00Wow Amy, that could be a very interesting story (m...Wow Amy, that could be a very interesting story (maybe a short personal essay). The place has become rather sanitized post-Giuliani, so your high school memory really captures a bygone era worth writing about. When I went down the other day, I had to try and imagine the place in Sept. 1920!Cammiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03861378825187133888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822517571633507083.post-10601948657403136502009-12-04T13:00:42.017-05:002009-12-04T13:00:42.017-05:00It must be fun living in the midst of all that goe...It must be fun living in the midst of all that goes on up there. You know, you reminded me of the first time I visited Wall Street. It was in the spring of 1989, and I was with my senior high school class. I have a picture of several classmates standing with a homeless woman. (Yes, she posed for the picture with a bunch of clueless 17 yr. olds.) What a statement that photo would make now, in 2009.Clementinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745982305618408952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822517571633507083.post-8102298620008696572009-12-02T06:50:26.012-05:002009-12-02T06:50:26.012-05:00I like to mix reality with imagination myself, Nat...I like to mix reality with imagination myself, Natalie - I generally include references to and scenes in real places, but my "home base" is often a fictitious small town (as is the case with my current WIP.) I'd go CRAZY if I had to flip through a specific small town's archives trying to achieve accuracy!Cammiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03861378825187133888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822517571633507083.post-59875933984812440182009-12-01T11:59:55.780-05:002009-12-01T11:59:55.780-05:00How fun Cammie! One of these days I'm going t...How fun Cammie! One of these days I'm going to write about a real place. I love the bit about walking in your character's footsteps--how poetic :)Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861022355718378425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822517571633507083.post-27525280272920744542009-12-01T11:31:40.997-05:002009-12-01T11:31:40.997-05:00There's some serious logic to that, Stephanie....There's some serious logic to that, Stephanie. I'm amazed at how much time I've spent researching for my novel (setting it in the 1920s certainly doesn't help things!)Cammiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03861378825187133888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822517571633507083.post-67358265785883210022009-12-01T00:50:26.740-05:002009-12-01T00:50:26.740-05:00I think it's why I write fantasy. So I don...I think it's why I write fantasy. So I don't have to actually travel anywhere in order to create compelling visuals.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by my blog!Stephanie McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507025637411479409noreply@blogger.com