Comments on: Road Trips http://writerunboxed.com/2007/10/15/road-trips/ About the craft and business of genre fiction Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:37:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2007/10/15/road-trips/#comment-25786 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:13:55 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/10/15/road-trips/#comment-25786 I'm a big fan of place and finding ways to make it all feel authentic. I think you're tips are perfect for doing that, Kath. I did travel to a small town in Maine for setting for my wip, and while it didn't exactly change the story, I was able to focus on details and use them to enrich the text. I walked the streets, visited the parks, sat with the locals and talked about "local" language, fave foods, seasonal changes, etc... I also purchased a book of poetry (locally published) that's been helpful. Great post! I’m a big fan of place and finding ways to make it all feel authentic. I think you’re tips are perfect for doing that, Kath.

I did travel to a small town in Maine for setting for my wip, and while it didn’t exactly change the story, I was able to focus on details and use them to enrich the text. I walked the streets, visited the parks, sat with the locals and talked about “local” language, fave foods, seasonal changes, etc… I also purchased a book of poetry (locally published) that’s been helpful.

Great post!

]]> by: Todd Sentell http://writerunboxed.com/2007/10/15/road-trips/#comment-25785 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:58:16 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/10/15/road-trips/#comment-25785 Hello Kathleen, Since you love oddball characters, I really believe you'd enjoy my new social satire, Toonamint of Champions, and the main character, Waymon Poodle. It's some southern fried golf mischief! Of course, his fiance, LaJuanita Mumps is just as oddball in her own hilarious way! All the best, Todd Sentell Author of Toonamint of Champions Hello Kathleen,

Since you love oddball characters, I really believe you’d enjoy my new social satire, Toonamint of Champions, and the main character, Waymon Poodle. It’s some southern fried golf mischief! Of course, his fiance, LaJuanita Mumps is just as oddball in her own hilarious way!

All the best,

Todd Sentell
Author of Toonamint of Champions

]]> by: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2007/10/15/road-trips/#comment-25783 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:36:28 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/10/15/road-trips/#comment-25783 Thanks Anthony. I wish I had a camera in my phone. Sounds corny, but sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words. Thanks Anthony. I wish I had a camera in my phone. Sounds corny, but sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words.

]]> by: Anthony S. Policastro http://writerunboxed.com/2007/10/15/road-trips/#comment-25779 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:07:51 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/10/15/road-trips/#comment-25779 Hi Kathleen, I do the same often rummaging through the Internet for photos of places or things to better describe them in my novels. I have a semi-photographic memory and the photos help to really see all the details of the place or object. The places that have inspired me are the ones where I instantly feel at home or feel that I've been there before. I can't explain the why or how, but every place I go, I get some kind of vibes either pleasant, foreboding or just plain neutral. Check out my Photo blog where I post photos taken with a phone camera. These photos are places that have inspired me enough to take out my phone and capture the moment. The site is http://momentsview.blogspot.com Hi Kathleen,
I do the same often rummaging through the Internet for photos of places or things to better describe them in my novels. I have a semi-photographic memory and the photos help to really see all the details of the place or object.

The places that have inspired me are the ones where I instantly feel at home or feel that I’ve been there before. I can’t explain the why or how, but every place I go, I get some kind of vibes either pleasant, foreboding or just plain neutral.

Check out my Photo blog where I post photos taken with a phone camera. These photos are places that have inspired me enough to take out my phone and capture the moment. The site is http://momentsview.blogspot.com

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