tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post4821578621895761858..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Hiraeth, and how places can inspire writing by Hywela LynKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-46418711329895376742013-07-29T11:29:42.864+01:002013-07-29T11:29:42.864+01:00Thanks Kathleen, glad you enjoyed the post - I ha...Thanks Kathleen, glad you enjoyed the post - I hadn't heard the word 'saudade' before but I'm sure it's very similar to 'hiraeth'. Its amazing how a place can tug at our heartstrings so much, isn't it. Hywela Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13789711554354184386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-76445942136704867842013-07-29T11:27:04.571+01:002013-07-29T11:27:04.571+01:00Hi Lydia
Interesing that you spent time in my ...Hi Lydia<br /><br />Interesing that you spent time in my 'neck of the woods', glad you enjoyed it, Wales does get into ones blood doesn't it! It does seem natural to use ones 'homeland' in ones writing. I'm glad you've been able to return to yours.<br /><br />Glad you think the Welsh and Greek mix works - it was great fun to write! <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hywela Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13789711554354184386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-4410840969462686572013-07-29T10:57:09.182+01:002013-07-29T10:57:09.182+01:00I know that longing - I had it for the Lake Distri...I know that longing - I had it for the Lake District during the years I didn't live there - used to dream about it and wake up crying. I think the Portuguese call it 'saudade'?<br />Lovely post!Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-52076480467689135172013-07-29T10:12:59.672+01:002013-07-29T10:12:59.672+01:00I spent some very significant time in west Wales, ...I spent some very significant time in west Wales, on Pen Caer, it still means a lot to me. My roots are firmly in Northumberland/Tyneside, and my locality features in my crime fiction - both my crime novels, The Rotting Spot, and forthcoming The Operator, are set in fictionalised versions of Seaton Sluice, Whitley Bay, and Tynemouth. North Easterners are also notorious for either staying or returning to our homelands, and I live now in the place I grew up though have been further afield to live and love to travel.Interesting to see you combine Greek myth with Welsh landscape, it works really well!Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-67921852546152292652013-07-29T09:19:55.151+01:002013-07-29T09:19:55.151+01:00Hi Jo, ooh, a smelly bus in India sounds very unc...Hi Jo, ooh, a smelly bus in India sounds very uncomfortable - but good material for a story I would think!Hywela Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13789711554354184386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-35702629883559360632013-07-29T08:41:50.056+01:002013-07-29T08:41:50.056+01:00Oh the wonderful stories that can grow from places...Oh the wonderful stories that can grow from places! But I do know what you mean about that longing for one's roots when you're far away. I didn't realise how much I love Wiltshire till I was on a smelly bus in India!JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.com