tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post3101219890347890575..comments2024-03-27T18:06:04.484-04:00Comments on Murder by 4: Setting: Your Own Back YardMarta Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14126647102399666578noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-73488155123392368632011-09-20T11:59:36.943-04:002011-09-20T11:59:36.943-04:00Ha, Ron, love your comment! My daughter Allison we...Ha, Ron, love your comment! My daughter Allison went to Keuka College for several years - we LOVED that, 'cause we had lots of excuses to get down to the lake. Hmmm. Thinking about that truck episode now. But it can't end as easily as the real life one did! Right?Aaron Paul Lazarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-2874621391456842212011-09-20T11:39:18.132-04:002011-09-20T11:39:18.132-04:00As you know, Aaron I chose to set my Joe Banks nov...As you know, Aaron I chose to set my Joe Banks novels here in the glamour capital of the northeast, Buffalo, NY. and done well, and in the hands of a storyteller like yourself, the character's setting can be a character unto itself. Just as an aside, I've never been to Heron Hill, but I have spent some time at Keuka Lake at the local colleg, and along with Canandaigua Lake it is one of the hidden jewels of upstate NY. And I'll be disappointed if the whole flaming truck episode doesn't work it's way into a story.Ron Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18044196718964566438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-19835971072996698632011-09-18T14:26:54.790-04:002011-09-18T14:26:54.790-04:00Hi, Dorothy! Yeah, I may have to incorporate that ...Hi, Dorothy! Yeah, I may have to incorporate that truck scene into a Gus chapter soon - you never know when these things will crop up in my books! Speaking of couches, pretty soon I'll be laying on yours when we do our interview for your blog! Maybe we'll have to turn the tables and have you let me interview you so your readers can get inside YOUR head!Aaron Paul Lazarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-89780174486312050782011-09-18T14:21:07.514-04:002011-09-18T14:21:07.514-04:00Hi, Kim! Well, I figured the lovely southern town ...Hi, Kim! Well, I figured the lovely southern town you describe as Shannon Wallace's home had to be based on either a place you lived or loved, you did it so well! You remember how much I loved the porch scene. ;o) And Shannon's aunts' house? Was that a real place in your past?Aaron Paul Lazarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-82395315626009563802011-09-18T12:58:51.737-04:002011-09-18T12:58:51.737-04:00Great piece. The burning truck experience sounded ...Great piece. The burning truck experience sounded just like Gus Legarde. You live in a beautiful part of the country, and you bring it to your readers in your novels. I tend to set things in European cities. Why? Why not in Brooklyn where I live? Now there's a question for the psychiatrist's couch!Dorothy Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199627468549426478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-60259017377893764252011-09-18T11:37:18.226-04:002011-09-18T11:37:18.226-04:00My Shannon Wallace books are set in a place that i...My Shannon Wallace books are set in a place that is actually fictional but loosely based on the town where I live and a neighboring town. Glad your experience with that truck didn't turn out to be a headline Aaron!Kim Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933746166088034102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-72313928623586736442011-09-18T10:45:09.727-04:002011-09-18T10:45:09.727-04:00Hi, Daring Novelist. ;o) Yes, I know exactly what ...Hi, Daring Novelist. ;o) Yes, I know exactly what you mean. It's those childhood memories that really get me going - especially on the shore of the lake in Maine, where I set Tremolo: cry of the loon. I think they are the most vivid settings of all. Thanks for stopping by and come back again.Aaron Paul Lazarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-2579742267410019162011-09-18T10:08:33.573-04:002011-09-18T10:08:33.573-04:00The characters in my W.I.P. live in a place much l...The characters in my W.I.P. live in a place much like where I grew up. It really does spur my imagination to use details that evoke memories.<br /><br />And even though some of my other stories take place in a world which only exists in my head, I still build them out of details from real things I know.The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.com