tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201626175142808357.post1845859310855632547..comments2023-12-26T17:09:10.041+01:00Comments on Italian Intrigues: Writing in a Foreign LandPatricia Wintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095600674659292509noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201626175142808357.post-55634850175148496352011-11-30T23:16:52.691+01:002011-11-30T23:16:52.691+01:00Hello, everyone! My apologies for being absent unt...Hello, everyone! My apologies for being absent until now. My day took a full turn in an opposite direction- totally unexpectedly. It's late in Italy now, but not on the East Coast where I am. I'm more than happy to hang out as long as folks want to check in. <br /><br />Supriya, you are so right! I should never have hesitated at staying on. But, I still have those moments when I think, "well, there are the dogs to worry about, and there is the......" I'm trying to get over that.<br /><br />Again, my apologies, but I ended up at the eye doctor's for an emergency visit that took most of the day. All is well, just the loss of email, talking with you all, and trying to see out of one eye.Cassy Pickardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04777179497200958899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201626175142808357.post-69129434955615635532011-11-30T21:39:26.126+01:002011-11-30T21:39:26.126+01:00Thanks, Supriya. You know, I think it's import...Thanks, Supriya. You know, I think it's important to know the place your are writing about, wherever it is. It doesn't have to be exotic, like Italy or Mumbai; the important thing is to know the place. <br /><br />I read a mystery some years ago that was well plotted and had good twists. Then the author lost me when s/he had a group of people running along the long corridors leading to gates at Dulles Airport. That airport doesn't have long corridors; it has "people movers" that are like moveable waiting rooms. It's unique, and the writer hadn't done good research. <br /><br />That was before internet days, so the research would have been more difficult than today. But it was a crucial error.Patricia Wintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095600674659292509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201626175142808357.post-8512309402906068272011-11-30T21:22:11.631+01:002011-11-30T21:22:11.631+01:00Great post, Cassy and Patricia! Thanks to both of ...Great post, Cassy and Patricia! Thanks to both of you, I get to experience Italy from across the Atlantic.<br /><br />I had an opportunity to spend a week in Mumbai after writing my novel set there. I'd been there plenty of times before that but not since I'd started the book. Got to add in a lot of rich details, rework a few scenes....sneak into a nightclub after hours, smell the monsoon, have a few crazy adventures. But nary a paranoid look. It's just daily life there. ;)<br /><br />But what I don't get is that moment of hesitation you had when hubby suggested you stay on a week for research? Huh?Supriyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517702822500748969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201626175142808357.post-88715250165182901272011-11-30T14:40:50.737+01:002011-11-30T14:40:50.737+01:00Oh,Elaine, I think you should try for that paranor...Oh,Elaine, I think you should try for that paranormal romantic experience!Patricia Wintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095600674659292509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201626175142808357.post-29603990474213897932011-11-30T14:34:05.976+01:002011-11-30T14:34:05.976+01:00After reading your post, I had to laugh. I sort of...After reading your post, I had to laugh. I sort of do the same thing that you did (without the drama you experienced!). My novel is set on the Outer Banks. Every time I visit, I act out the parts, go over the setting and take pictures. Getting fiction to feel real is a must. Of course, I can only get so far into reality because my novel is a paranormal romantic mystery. Even so, I "see" the unreal happening in the real place. Guess like most fiction writers, I'm a bit nuts!E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.com