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My Love Affair With an Older Man
I suppose all writers have favorites among their characters. It’s only natural that some of our inventions should resonate more in our minds and emotions than others. So it is that I fell in love with an older man. Ian … Continue reading
The Five Senses and Character Development
There are many things to keep in mind as we create our characters and move them through their stories. I believe that one of the most important of these is that to breathe life, they must do so through all … Continue reading
Travel Then and Now—A Rant
I love travel. That is, I love being in distant places. But I HATE getting to them. I remember my first transatlantic flight. In the airport we simply checked in at the counter and turned our luggage over to the … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Travel
Tagged Abigail's Christmas, Blair McDowell, Delighting in Your Company, The Memory of Roses, travel
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Valentines Blog Hop - Win The Memory of Roses; Coming Soon - Delighting in Your Company
My name is Blair McDowell , and my books are set in places I know and love and are peopled with characters drawn from my experiences of those places. The Memory of Roses takes readers to the Greek Island of Corfu, … Continue reading
Show Don’t Tell
Who among us has not seen those dreaded words in the margin of a manuscript? It sounds so easy. “Show, don’t tell. ” Those of us who are, shall we say, of more mature years, are programmed to tell. Our … Continue reading
Memories of Christmas Past
Memories of Christmas Past My fantasy Christmas happened long ago. It will live in my memory forever as the most beautiful Christmas I’ve ever experienced. I was in Hungary, studying at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music for the year, … Continue reading
On Plotting
“A novel, play, or any type of writing, really is a crisis from beginning to end, growing to its necessary conclusion.” Lajos Egri, The Art of Dramatic Writing, 1946. The playwright Lajos Egri wrote this classic book on the … Continue reading
And So To Bed
Last night I fell out of bed. Being of mature years and — shall we say -generous proportions, nothing much was hurt except my pride, but the experience got me to thinking about Italian beds. They are 30 inches wide. … Continue reading
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Tagged Blair McDowell, Italy, Romance and mystery novels, The Memory of Roses
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The “O” Word and Character Portrayal
Two recent experiences have made me consider yet again the subject of character development and portrayal. I’ve been reading a series of books by the late Michael Dibdin in which the central character is a detective named Aureleo Zen. In … Continue reading
Bacon and Eggs and Venice
I have just served my last portion of bacon and eggs for the season; my partner has just baked her last scones. We run a B&B on the West Coast of Canada six months of the year, March through September. … Continue reading
Posted in Books of Blair McDowell, The Memory of Roses, Travel
Tagged Bacon and Eggs, Blair McDowell, The Memory of Roses, Venice
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