tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post668263866677694744..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Inspiration Strikes by Wendy H. JonesKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-25184873949858074842015-10-21T23:06:59.959+01:002015-10-21T23:06:59.959+01:00How right you are, Wendy. It was while on holiday ...How right you are, Wendy. It was while on holiday and rambling in the south end of the Isle of Mull that I got the inspiration for my work-in-progress novel set in the Isles of Mull and Iona in 1920s. The cottages built then for the families of the men who built the lighthouses still stand, as well as their lookout tower for semaphore communication. Immensely atmospheric and inspiring. Fran Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497526684591168192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-36839885682725838812015-10-17T21:22:35.702+01:002015-10-17T21:22:35.702+01:00Thank you everyone. I love the sound of some of th...Thank you everyone. I love the sound of some of the places that you find particularly inspirational. I would love to visit Agatha Christie's holiday home. Tomorrow I am going to visit the Crime Museum in London. Now that should give me lots of inspiration Wendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-24691525009976922662015-10-16T15:01:00.290+01:002015-10-16T15:01:00.290+01:00Fine advice, Wendy. Funny how it happens, too. A t...Fine advice, Wendy. Funny how it happens, too. A trip to San Francisco last year and a walk in a strange, to me, part of town inspired me to write a different kind of book set...in upstate New York. OH, well.<br /><br />By the way, kudos on your superbly branded covers. A third book coming out? You're getting faster and faster. I'll order #2 over the weekend.glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-50749635320428688892015-10-16T14:20:12.272+01:002015-10-16T14:20:12.272+01:00I love Railway Children in particular. It's al...I love Railway Children in particular. It's always inspiring or at least fascinating to visit the homes of writers we love or admire. Glad you came away with some inspiration of your own Wendy!Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-70952154777498009722015-10-16T11:38:30.004+01:002015-10-16T11:38:30.004+01:00We have Agatha Christie's holiday home Greenwa...We have Agatha Christie's holiday home Greenway on the banks of the River Dart just a few miles away, which is also a magical setting even though she didn't write fantasy... maybe writers just need space and places where they can access their imagination? It's increasingly difficult to find.Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-51246695376589412912015-10-16T10:42:06.327+01:002015-10-16T10:42:06.327+01:00Good advice there, Wendy, though I'm frequentl...Good advice there, Wendy, though I'm frequently guilty of ignoring it. To 'step outside the norm' is exactly what we need to do sometimes.Mari Biellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221256993468150226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-44289431868694619642015-10-16T10:07:13.039+01:002015-10-16T10:07:13.039+01:00Sounds great, Wendy. And I'm with you on the n...Sounds great, Wendy. And I'm with you on the notion of beautiful, sunlit places where all is serene and hopeful being the sort of contexts that throw the blackness of crimes into even greater relief. A killing in some satanic ceremony is almost commonplace, but in dappled leafy glades its disruption of the natural order is shocking.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-43350293417597976702015-10-16T08:50:03.033+01:002015-10-16T08:50:03.033+01:00How wonderful to be able to visit that place. I lo...How wonderful to be able to visit that place. I loved her books when I was a child. They have been so good adaptations on TV as well.<br /><br />Great advice about doing something different to get inspiration. I have just started a weeks annual leave so maybe I will take your advice and do something different this week and find inspiration. Lynda Alsfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12260944221255162533noreply@blogger.com