Greetings one and all. I survived my first week of College, got all the classes I wanted and a nasty case of Heat Exhaustion. Doing better now, but it has been quite an experience. Which brings me to today's topic... A lot of people wonder where can they find inspiration, settings, characters to write about. My answer is, look back on your life. You may not think you've led a very interesting life or maybe you've been all over the place and have had numerous adventures and wouldn't know where to start. In either case, you have a wealth of material to draw upon. For example, in my novel I chose upstate Connecticut. My grandmother lived there for many years and the place always fascinated me. She was caretaker for a famous architect who owned a mansion there, that dated back to the 1600's. Beyond the mansion was a 100 foot hill with a little cottage at the top. While near the house my grandmother lived in was a large kennel, ...
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