tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7841149121399394863.post4988728813436587403..comments2023-05-21T14:47:04.530+01:00Comments on Marc Nobbs: Friday House Guest - “Inspiration’s In the Air” by Nina PierceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334868800229104051noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7841149121399394863.post-567796049679743402010-06-21T16:48:43.513+01:002010-06-21T16:48:43.513+01:00Hey Nina,
I love it! You can find inspiration anyw...Hey Nina,<br />I love it! You can find inspiration anywhere if you look - and if you happen to overhear a few interesting tidbits of conversation in the grocery well, even better! <br />Cheers!<br />ConnieConstance R Clarkhttp://constanceruthclark.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7841149121399394863.post-51416615427397012292010-06-21T16:08:16.473+01:002010-06-21T16:08:16.473+01:00Nina, you had some great inspirations! My weirdes...Nina, you had some great inspirations! My weirdest inspiration came from personal experience - I tripped and got a black eye the night before a Romantic Times convention - see my photos at www.MySpace.com/crisanson . So, a few years later, my heroine in WHAT SHE NEEDS, coming July 21 from Ellora's Cave, arrives at a convention with a black eye and her over-the-top explanation attracts the attention of the hero, who offers to teach her a few things.Cris Ansonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7841149121399394863.post-32868138633045465012010-06-21T04:44:19.412+01:002010-06-21T04:44:19.412+01:00Hi, Nina!
That overheard conversation is a story ...Hi, Nina!<br /><br />That overheard conversation is a story practically all written! <br /><br />I get a lot of my story ideas from traveling and, to be honest, from my own experiences. I'll start with some event from my past and then twist the characters and the conflicts until they are unrecognizable. I'm working on a Christmas story now that started with my memories of a couple of guys I knew in high school who were always teasing me. I've turned it into a M/M/F menage taking place twenty years later!<br /><br />I agree that "What If?" is the most important question an author ever asks herself, however.<br /><br />Warmly,<br />LisabetLisabet Sarainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7841149121399394863.post-25134939703248472152010-06-20T20:29:58.842+01:002010-06-20T20:29:58.842+01:00I'm very visual too Kayelle. Pictures are one ...I'm very visual too Kayelle. Pictures are one of the biggest things that can trigger a story for me. Sometimes I have to go search for a picture of a particular place before I can describe it fully and with rich detail in my stories.Ninanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7841149121399394863.post-22854396976834756132010-06-20T19:35:38.692+01:002010-06-20T19:35:38.692+01:00I get a lot of ideas from pictures. I'll see a...I get a lot of ideas from pictures. I'll see a photo of something online and there might be an expression on a person's face, perhaps a gesture they're making, or even particular colors that fire my synapses. Other times, it's a picture of a place. I recently came across a picture of a man standing in knee deep water. It's sunset, and you can see the orange ball of the sun low on the horizon, going down behind the clouds. It's turned the water and sky a muted orange, as if the world itself were that color. The man is mostly in silhouette, and he has a fishing pole in one hand a a fish in the other. I knew right away that was a particular character I'm writing and where he was, and that the image was from his lover's point of view. That in turn inspired an entire scene and flooded over into other aspects of the book. I don't lack for ideas or inspiration. My trouble is tuning out enough of them so I can pick one and go with it. ^_^ Good blog, Nina. Makes you stop and think.Kayelle Allenhttp://twitter.com/kayelleallennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7841149121399394863.post-32139863574409991952010-06-20T16:08:11.954+01:002010-06-20T16:08:11.954+01:00Marc thanks for allowing me a couple of days to ha...Marc thanks for allowing me a couple of days to hang out at your blog.Ninanoreply@blogger.com