tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post4192180271349076824..comments2024-03-28T05:34:42.670-05:00Comments on MAKE MINE MYSTERY: Location by Mark TroyMorgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-24950543882963078272009-07-08T14:36:38.719-05:002009-07-08T14:36:38.719-05:00I'm with Diane on the need for familiarity for...I'm with Diane on the need for familiarity for a setting. (In fact...I grew up near Greenville, SC, in Anderson, Diane!) My characters for my Myrtle Clover series live in a town very similar to Anderson. <br /><br />My Memphis BBQ series is set, obviously, in Memphis...this is going to require research, which I plan on doing later this month. <br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-88119125949811077042009-07-08T12:11:28.858-05:002009-07-08T12:11:28.858-05:00Familiarity. I prefer they reside in a city I'...Familiarity. I prefer they reside in a city I've visited at least once. I've never given them specific addresses, but one of my main character's father owns a Mitsubishi dealership in Greenville, SC - and there is no such dealership! And in that same book is a Starbucks on 5th Street in downtown Atlanta - and there really is one there inside the Barnes & Noble.<br /><br />L. Diane Wolfe<br />www.circleoffriendsbooks.blogspot.com<br />www.spunkonastick.net <br />www.thecircleoffriends.netL. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-64994772953054033142009-07-08T12:00:20.331-05:002009-07-08T12:00:20.331-05:00My main character, Tempe Crabtree, lives in the So...My main character, Tempe Crabtree, lives in the Southern Sierra (Sierra means mountains) just like me. The town she lives in, Bear Creek, has a striking resemblance to my town.<br /><br />In my Rocky Bluff P.D. series I'm writing about a fictional town somewhat like Carpenteria CA--but Rocky Bluff is far closer to Ventura than Santa Barbara.<br /><br />I like to write about fictional places so when things change in the real places I've based them on there won't be errors in my books.<br /><br />Marilyn a.k.a. F. M. Meredith<br />http://fictionforyou.comMarilyn Meredith a.k.a. F. M. Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179984154939161530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-2174048915092654222009-07-08T11:33:19.492-05:002009-07-08T11:33:19.492-05:00Don't know that I would live on a boat, even T...Don't know that I would live on a boat, even The Busted Flush, but I'd probably live near water. I love the sound and waves of the ocean, but am not wild about the grit and humidity. Mmm. Maybe the mountains would be best for me (and my fictional character).Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03171630819400384478noreply@blogger.com