tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post762893664922046868..comments2024-03-28T05:34:42.670-05:00Comments on MAKE MINE MYSTERY: Mishaps by Morgan MandelMorgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-1581073927456664782011-09-06T20:46:01.835-05:002011-09-06T20:46:01.835-05:00Oh, I've had plenty of mishaps, but strangely ...Oh, I've had plenty of mishaps, but strangely enough, I don't think I have ever used them in a story. LOLV.R. Leavitthttp://www.vrleavitt.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-45171130011290909832011-09-06T13:00:34.500-05:002011-09-06T13:00:34.500-05:00Hi Morgen, fun to read others' misshaps. One t...Hi Morgen, fun to read others' misshaps. One time when I was touring an old, abandoned cemetery for a story, and I'm a grown old lady by then, I had the awful urge to go. No outhouse in sight, nor anything else. I've only told this to one close friend when she revealed a like occurrence. I hung my bare self off a huge rock to prevent a worse happening. <br />Now, maybe I'll use that someday, I don't know. Now the world or at least the world that reads this blog knows my silly secret.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-26786415541010980072011-09-05T15:27:03.949-05:002011-09-05T15:27:03.949-05:00I used a mishap of sorts in one of my mysteries. T...I used a mishap of sorts in one of my mysteries. To set the record straight, I am a terrible golfer. Very terrible. sure I learned to hit the ball far, but that just means it goes farther out of bounds into the trees. One such woody patch reminded me of a great place to find a murder victim. From that inspiration sprang my Cleopatra Jones mystery series. Her errant golf ball in In For A Penny, lands smack dab on a dead guy.<br /><br />Maggie ToussaintMaggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-72746894230089241622011-09-05T14:49:26.691-05:002011-09-05T14:49:26.691-05:00Cheryl,
That one is better than the time I get se...Cheryl, <br />That one is better than the time I get sent out of the room because I was coughing too much!<br /><br />Morgan MandelMorgan Mandelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-60918381845960698952011-09-05T14:22:56.237-05:002011-09-05T14:22:56.237-05:00I can't say I've used any of my own person...I can't say I've used any of my own personal mishaps in a story, but I did use a bunch of my friends and their kids as brothers and sisters for one of my heroes. They all got a kick of seeing themselves in print!Debra St. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07154130275058459169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-13144553925374312432011-09-05T13:37:27.413-05:002011-09-05T13:37:27.413-05:00This is embarrassing, and I can't believe I am...This is embarrassing, and I can't believe I am going to share it, but here it goes. I went to a strict Catholic school for grades 1- 8. We were always told you could only use the bathroom at lunch time. I was so shy I wouldn't dare ask to go other than that, but one day I couldn't hold it. <br /><br />Rather than ask our teacher if I could use the restroom, I wet myself. One of my classmates pointed it out and I ran home--the school was across the street. It took a long time for me to live that down. <br /><br />When I was writing my memoir about trying to fit in, that is the story I started off with. I've kind of given up on completing my story as a memoir, but I still want to create a story about a girl who has a hard time fitting in, and that experience will make it's way in there somehow.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03470069911115912344noreply@blogger.com