tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post1882125572508998190..comments2008-10-06T01:10:58.793-07:00Shelly Lowenkopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05198658136254028258noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-57052428310530526492008-10-06T01:10:00.000-07:002008-10-06T01:10:00.000-07:00'Why, pray tell did you in your last novel or in an earlier short story name a junior high school after me?'<BR/><BR/>What a magnificent idea ... a whole range of possibilities have opened up! Place, architecture to me is as important in terms of character as the people - every setting is rooted in a factual place that evoked a strong emotion, good or bad.Kate Lord Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278515379867576350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-34450533720025321152008-10-05T21:44:00.000-07:002008-10-05T21:44:00.000-07:00I equate such accusations with a combination of snobbery and jealousy, the accuser patronizing the medium because he cannot perform it and/or thinks it beneath dignity.<BR/><BR/>For me the real setting is always the honesty and depth of emotions expressed and evoked.Shelly Lowenkopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05198658136254028258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-51211623464206507552008-10-05T21:39:00.000-07:002008-10-05T21:39:00.000-07:00I've heard the observation (accusation?) that writers who use fantasy, magical realism, and the like do so to avoid reality, to make certain issues easier to discuss, and so on. Does that have to be the case? Is the "real" setting more honest or more powerful?mapelbahttp://mapelba.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com