tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post7555177856140921781..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Engaging the Senses - Debbie BennettKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-34307293688421123092013-08-06T20:17:03.752+01:002013-08-06T20:17:03.752+01:00right on Debbie, I always plug the five senses whe...right on Debbie, I always plug the five senses when teaching workshops. Smell in particular is very important to me, and really helps set scenes and moods in a book. Great post. I craved oranges, and pickled beetroot & cheese sarnies with the first, honeydew melons, and pickles again, with the second, once the three months non-stop up-chucking had stopped. Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-30503895819228574662013-08-06T17:00:02.156+01:002013-08-06T17:00:02.156+01:00Reminds me of those 3D/imax/film experience things...Reminds me of those 3D/imax/film experience things where the seats all move around, they add smell into the mix and spray water at you too!Debbie Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761474820689143835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-48758856079810554182013-08-06T15:12:19.801+01:002013-08-06T15:12:19.801+01:00Great post, Debbie. I remember years ago reading M...Great post, Debbie. I remember years ago reading Michel Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White and actually feeling what it must have been like to walk London's streets back then. It was his use of smell and touch that was most striking. As I read, I sensed clamminess and found myself taking much shallower breaths to avoid inhaling the foetid pongs. (And I loved it, which it's probably unhealthy of me to confess.)Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-24326730542737422272013-08-06T09:38:30.097+01:002013-08-06T09:38:30.097+01:00I loved the 'Hammer horror black' descript...I loved the 'Hammer horror black' descriptive passage - wonderful. As for food, all my characters have time for is a grabbed sandwich or burger, a scotch pie, or a fish and chip supper from the chip shop! My characters are food deprived. And my smells are of the unsavoury kind. Oh, and my craving was for tomato sandwiches, never ate them any other time!Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-39086808929871386802013-08-06T01:25:44.461+01:002013-08-06T01:25:44.461+01:00Well done, Debbie. Especially the section on smell...Well done, Debbie. Especially the section on smell. This can also be used, imo, to help render some characters more sympathetic. Even a villain who smells like a million may be more fun to hang around.glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com