tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post8035177816091854919..comments2024-03-28T05:34:42.670-05:00Comments on MAKE MINE MYSTERY: There's Only One You by Morgan MandelMorgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-45663884334302509352010-03-01T10:10:09.824-06:002010-03-01T10:10:09.824-06:00The first manuscript I completed--co-authored by o...The first manuscript I completed--co-authored by one of my sisters--which will probably never see the light of day, is loosely based on the lives of me and my sisters as young mothers. <br /><br />The three sisters grew up rivals and that rivalry has only grown through the years. But when the youngest one is diagnosed with ovarian cancer--which never happened to any of us--the sisters are forced to pull together despite their many differences. <br /><br />Other than that, I can't say that any of my experiences have made it into my writing.<br /><br />CherylCherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03470069911115912344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-89461737481947118232010-03-01T09:24:58.746-06:002010-03-01T09:24:58.746-06:00My characters are nothing like me, but I use some ...My characters are nothing like me, but I use some of my experiences and others that I know in my books.<br /><br />What I do though, is attempt to get inside my POV character and look out through her eyes and experience things as she experiences them.<br /><br />Marilyn <br />http://fictionforyou.comMarilyn Meredith a.k.a. F. M. Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179984154939161530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-59783930126491422092010-03-01T08:25:32.045-06:002010-03-01T08:25:32.045-06:00There is a lot of "me" not only in my pr...There is a lot of "me" not only in my protagonist but in the antoagonist. Chase is all the things I wsh I were, a little bit taller, a little faster, smarter, better looking, drives a nicer car, a better education, a better job. I even wrote a blog about this entitles, DO YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE THROUGH YOUR CHARACTER."<br /><br />i END THE BLOG, "So, even though two of my dreams never came to fruition, I can still live them (sort of) through my protagonist.:<br /><br />Stephen TrempAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-25871630353091360572010-03-01T07:47:45.516-06:002010-03-01T07:47:45.516-06:00It's not in a book but in my stories. I have a...It's not in a book but in my stories. I have a porcupine named Koko that takes in orphans.unwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11535882737909865934noreply@blogger.com