tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post1638990716484471088..comments2024-03-20T13:44:57.468-07:00Comments on Home Thoughts Weekly: When Fiction Becomes FactUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-2121328944031925042013-10-13T02:40:22.491-07:002013-10-13T02:40:22.491-07:00Maria, what a lovely thing to say. Thank you. I ...Maria, what a lovely thing to say. Thank you. I want to tell you a bit more about something else we discovered which resonated with a fictional event here, but that would give away one of the threads in Follow a Star.Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-29538883576573295272013-10-12T12:38:50.855-07:002013-10-12T12:38:50.855-07:00You're an educational author, Chris. The boat...You're an educational author, Chris. The boating world and boatyards never meant a lot to me. But I'm actually fascinated now and I have you and your book TURNING THE TIDE to thank for that.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977676093756206414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-33249887189459886852013-10-10T04:54:52.222-07:002013-10-10T04:54:52.222-07:00It is eerie, Sue! I did wonder if I'd wandere...It is eerie, Sue! I did wonder if I'd wandered into my own book!<br />Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-71698993495650126012013-10-10T04:23:52.582-07:002013-10-10T04:23:52.582-07:00Isnt' it incredible when that happens? It'...Isnt' it incredible when that happens? It's happened to me too and it's really quite eerie! I've had people in real life say htings my characters have said!Flowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-12202074116574755482013-10-10T03:45:19.235-07:002013-10-10T03:45:19.235-07:00It was lovely being back there, Elizabeth, though ...It was lovely being back there, Elizabeth, though disconcerting to see the changes!<br />Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-50107501670315368962013-10-10T03:40:14.236-07:002013-10-10T03:40:14.236-07:00Turning the tide pictures look just like the ones ...Turning the tide pictures look just like the ones in my head!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-50623590500566769752013-10-10T01:44:51.553-07:002013-10-10T01:44:51.553-07:00Jane, it's worth a try isn't it? I do agr...Jane, it's worth a try isn't it? I do agree with you about not tempting fate... and I can write about poor dead dads too!<br /><br />Frances, it's the new yacht club building (as they're currently making do with a caravan for their showers and loo) so I think it's in their interest to retain the character and charm of the backwaters. I think Harry would be suspicious though!<br /><br />Tom and I were in disagreement about the shell. I needed to get close to form an opinion and sadly I didn't feel moved by it, Tom liked it though.x<br /><br />Chanpreet, your story made me smile! It was very strange seeing changes I'd imagined happening in front of my eyes.<br /><br /><br />Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-1101245986366389502013-10-09T08:41:10.998-07:002013-10-09T08:41:10.998-07:00That's awesome!
I don't have similar expe...That's awesome!<br /><br />I don't have similar experiences as I'm not a writer, but I can recall as a teenager reading a book set in Puerto Vallarta. Some time after I went shopping at the mall and found a shirt with Puerto Vallarta on it at American Eagle. I walked out with the shirt. :)Preethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10732586082446674711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-84895702445914299082013-10-09T08:00:39.388-07:002013-10-09T08:00:39.388-07:00I like the look of the sculpture - there is a gorg...I like the look of the sculpture - there is a gorgeous nautilus shell sculpture near the shore in Victoria and I always feel good when I see it.<br />Truth is stranger than fiction - but then, perhaps it's that there are only so many combinations of circumstance, just as there are only so many ways to arrange the elements of a face - thus the 'I'm sure I've seen that person before' moments we have.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-91576326481639226282013-10-09T07:37:50.423-07:002013-10-09T07:37:50.423-07:00Chris, I loved your descriptions of the locations ...Chris, I loved your descriptions of the locations in Turning the Tide, and had formed images in my head. Seeing your photographs in this post did bring my thoughts into reality.<br /><br />Many thanks! Let's hope that restaurant won't spoil the actual backwater, but just enhance it a bit.<br /><br />Don't know what I think about that shell. I've heard of it before, but think I would need to actually walk up to it to form a true opinion. I like the way it looks in your photo. Very solitary and majestic.<br /><br />xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-26808647200000207062013-10-09T06:44:22.119-07:002013-10-09T06:44:22.119-07:00It happens to me so often that I swear I'm goi...It happens to me so often that I swear I'm going to write next about a woman who wins the lottery! But don't you find that this 'fiction into fact' influences your writing? For example, I can't write about someone whose son/daughter has something bad happen to them, or whose brother or mother dies unexpectedly, only people whose father dies/is dead. Because mine already is, so nothing more can happen to him!Jane Loveringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393411255730345765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-1022785707584051412013-10-09T06:19:33.741-07:002013-10-09T06:19:33.741-07:00Being able to predict the future would be pretty h...Being able to predict the future would be pretty handy, wouldn't it, Kate?!<br /><br />It was a bit strange to turn up and see my book coming to life, Mandy!<br />Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-76247719934151253312013-10-09T05:38:28.607-07:002013-10-09T05:38:28.607-07:00The photos are just how I imagined them in the boo...The photos are just how I imagined them in the book too, Chris! Spooky xMandy K Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05107477886064281756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-86940613830180313432013-10-09T05:33:53.669-07:002013-10-09T05:33:53.669-07:00Ah, how interesting. It just goes to prove how tr...Ah, how interesting. It just goes to prove how true to life your characters really are Chris xx (either that or you can predict the future??)Kathryn Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15488680168785112390noreply@blogger.com