tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post6364383772914481671..comments2023-05-24T09:45:52.821-05:00Comments on Title Magic: Setting As CharacterSavanna Kougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post-18779220685361853172008-08-02T10:37:00.000-05:002008-08-02T10:37:00.000-05:00Thanks Anitra, Lexie, Savanna, Aleka and Bonnie fo...Thanks Anitra, Lexie, Savanna, Aleka and Bonnie for your comments! And thank you Helen and everyone at Title Magic for having me yesterday! Hugs to you all,<BR/>AllisonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post-9562018584224602592008-08-02T08:57:00.000-05:002008-08-02T08:57:00.000-05:00Hi Allison, great interview! Your books sound wond...Hi Allison, great interview! Your books sound wonderful. And I love your cover!Bonnie Vanakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00049125038286905202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post-10918110348090269972008-08-01T18:53:00.000-05:002008-08-01T18:53:00.000-05:00Allison,I agree. I love to see the setting intensi...Allison,<BR/><BR/>I agree. I love to see the setting intensify the story. <BR/>CW and ghosts??? Absolutely.<BR/>Your use of setting in your books is fantastic, and I so enjoy reading them.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing with us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post-29587532361829885282008-08-01T14:00:00.000-05:002008-08-01T14:00:00.000-05:00Allison, excellent blog about setting. Thank you.Y...Allison, excellent blog about setting. Thank you.<BR/>You're so right about setting being another character because the 'world' can thwart or aid the main characters, or even determine what can and ca't be accomplished.<BR/>I luv how the heroine and hero related to or interact directly with the setting, or their environment.<BR/><BR/>Anitra, I hadn't thought of it that way, but definitely true about how setting in direct opposition can snub or be a foil for the character's inner turmoil.<BR/><BR/>Lexie, good point. I think sometimes setting is taken for granted. No, not all of us live or know New York.Savanna Kougarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post-40927687727943718862008-08-01T12:43:00.000-05:002008-08-01T12:43:00.000-05:00Thank you for blogging with us, Allison! I, too,...Thank you for blogging with us, Allison!<BR/> I, too, love setting--it's integral to a story to me. Not "normal" or expected places, but out of the way places. So, the<BR/>reader gets to know the place as<BR/>another character.<BR/> Sometimes, I think authors assume we all know the place as <BR/>well as we do--many of us, for <BR/>example, haven't been to New York.<BR/>(Okay, I've been there once over<BR/>a weekend, but many people I know<BR/>haven't been at all:)<BR/> Thanks again!<BR/> LexieLexie O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04852547353184636030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post-69559372261428478882008-08-01T09:43:00.000-05:002008-08-01T09:43:00.000-05:00Welcome to Title Magic, Allison! When I started t...Welcome to Title Magic, Allison! When I started thinking about setting I immediately thought of Snoopy writing, "It was a dark and stormy night." :)<BR/><BR/>I've read a few novels where the setting was so vivid it was like another character. Sometimes I will deliberately make my setting contrary to my character's inner turmoil--as if the setting snubs them in some way. <BR/><BR/>Thanks again for joining us and sharing that gorgeous cover! ;)Anitra Lynn McLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797697362449591887noreply@blogger.com