![]() When a character reminisced about her childhood in 1790, what might she say? All in all I spent a lot of time reading and writing things down.īut when I got stuck, I went to the beach. When I wondered how a Potawatomi would greet someone, I looked it up on the internet. I made a lot of lists, and I did a lot of calculations. My last novel, Thieving Forest, had a lot of plot components that needed careful coordination, and in many ways these were cerebral exercises: how long would it take someone to walk through the Great Black Swamp, south to north? How long would it take someone to canoe up the Maumee River? How could these two characters from these two places meet up, and where? You can see the ocean where all the houses end I like how it looks like part of the sunset. “Most creative thoughts happen when your mind is left to wander: daydreaming doing the dishes exercising.” Sunset in the city. What really stuck with me was the bit about creativity: A PARENT IN MY child’s school recently forwarded me an 11-minute video about skills we’ll need for the 21 st century. ![]()
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