tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17983102.post1209996363025789797..comments2024-03-14T01:06:56.718-07:00Comments on World of Mailman: Trying to make it all realErika Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16614971210603661902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17983102.post-31419330700946945872007-03-23T10:07:00.000-07:002007-03-23T10:07:00.000-07:00Right: and researching medieval stuff is a thousan...Right: and researching medieval stuff is a thousand times harder than just 150 years ago! But that's another post...<BR/><BR/>Sounds like you're going great guns with your book; that's great.<BR/><BR/>The pregnancy's going wonderfully; she is a lively one and we can't wait to see her!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17983102.post-66660966379901944042007-03-22T21:54:00.000-07:002007-03-22T21:54:00.000-07:00Erika,I understand where you're coming from becaus...Erika,<BR/><BR/>I understand where you're coming from because I'm agonizing over similar details.<BR/><BR/>I was going to have my heroine eat some cassoulet when she was in Toulouse because it is a regional specialty, but I happened to do a Google search and found out that it was created during the Hundred Year's War which is a few centuries past my time period.<BR/><BR/>So she's eating bean stew instead.<BR/><BR/>I thought of using sunflowers since I've seen them in bloom during the Tour de France when they are near the Pyrenees during July.<BR/><BR/>Except, those flowers were brought over to Europe after Columbus. D'oh! And at first I was only concerned with whether or not the symbolic meaning of sunflowers would contradict the underlying meaning of the scene in which they were to appear.<BR/><BR/>Who cares what their symbolism is? I can't use them at all.<BR/><BR/>But, you know, writing in the modern day would come with its own pitfalls. Technology changes so rapidly that it might seem quaint roughly five years after its published, or you might have to keep changing things while you are writing.<BR/><BR/>I mean, if you read a story where someone had harassing phone calls you'd wonder why they just didn't use call screening or call blocking, when those technologies weren't available fifteen years ago.<BR/><BR/>I hope your pregnancy is going well.<BR/><BR/>LindaLinda C. McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11554730334838454885noreply@blogger.com