tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post9071480393992874251..comments2024-01-11T13:15:48.832-08:00Comments on Anne R. Allen's Books: In Which I Meet the Ghost of George Eliot…and a Mystery Series is BornAnne R. Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-46519914560424396342016-01-14T10:13:35.166-08:002016-01-14T10:13:35.166-08:00Elizabeth--Thanks so much for stopping by! I think...Elizabeth--Thanks so much for stopping by! I think this is the kind of blog that is most useful for novelists. My big, well-known blog gets attention, but it's for the readers of my nonfic, not my fiction. And fiction is where my heart and soul live. I hope people will come by and get to know Camilla and her friends. Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-24848664587719493602016-01-14T09:48:03.020-08:002016-01-14T09:48:03.020-08:00Going to be so fun to read a blog about your ficti...Going to be so fun to read a blog about your fiction! I've not had the pleasure of reading a fiction author who blogs about something else besides writing yet :)Elizabeth Taihttp://www.elizabethtai.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-55681052936286650522016-01-08T15:56:15.840-08:002016-01-08T15:56:15.840-08:00Anthony--I did write when I was at Bryn Mawr. Perf...Anthony--I did write when I was at Bryn Mawr. Perfectly awful stuff. I wrote several plays that were pretentious faux Ionesco. Absurd without saying very much. And poetry. Lots of bad poems. Most of that stuff has long since disappeared. <br /><br />But I did use my Bryn Mawr days as inspiration for two of my published novels, Food of Love and The Gatsby Game. <br /><br />Gatsby especially. It is mostly set at Bryn Mawr and in New England. It's based on a man I knew when I was at Bryn Mawr, David Whiting. He was later found dead on the set of a Burt Reynolds movie. The book is my speculation about what might have happened to him. <br /><br />Maybe I should do a post on Bryn Mawr's influence on my stories. That might work well. I need a working scanner so I can get some of those old photos uploaded. <br /><br />Thanks for the great question!Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-82616362649850169422016-01-08T13:55:30.965-08:002016-01-08T13:55:30.965-08:00I'd like to know about your Philadelphia days....I'd like to know about your Philadelphia days. Did you write back then? That, and what central force insisted that you not give up as I did? Glad you're writing this blog, but baffled by your energy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07502819094792881476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-54292246874624990412016-01-08T12:08:15.357-08:002016-01-08T12:08:15.357-08:00Will--Oh, yes. There's a reason I write comedi...Will--Oh, yes. There's a reason I write comedies. All this stuff was hilariously funny...once I got a little perspective. Real life is so much more absurd than what is "believable" in fiction! <br /><br />None of this would have happened without my writing blog, but moving the big blog to WordPress has given me an opportunity to start this "little blog" where I can ramble on about the stories and all the random things that become the foundation of a novel. Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-43235447323574606082016-01-08T11:54:29.676-08:002016-01-08T11:54:29.676-08:00Let's see, world-building your character-lands...Let's see, world-building your character-lands with the Alleged Real World, and a big side-dish of humor? Yeah, I like it. So heartening to hear how you've come through so far! And I hope you can look back and laugh by now (for me, it was easy). Congratulations Anne.Wm. L. Hahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09918981970218130294noreply@blogger.com