tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post7075767797724875516..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: A Little Chocolate In My Peanut ButterAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-14331938818588996202013-04-27T14:04:48.834-04:002013-04-27T14:04:48.834-04:00Thanks Jean!Thanks Jean!Amanda Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09059621442042833693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-37189002411298650372013-04-27T01:13:14.622-04:002013-04-27T01:13:14.622-04:00Great post, Amanda. I must read more of your work,...Great post, Amanda. I must read more of your work, plus Lisabet's novel, Quarantine.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-62626019724920486002013-04-26T06:32:43.779-04:002013-04-26T06:32:43.779-04:00yes, exactly, Garce. you & i would have been g...yes, exactly, Garce. you & i would have been great imaginary friends as kids :)Amanda Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09059621442042833693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-43785634063833249552013-04-26T06:32:01.151-04:002013-04-26T06:32:01.151-04:00fantasy but not brand new worlds ;)
agreed about t...fantasy but not brand new worlds ;)<br />agreed about the familiar...<br />thanks for your comments, Lisabet.Amanda Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09059621442042833693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-83566102936807897772013-04-26T06:31:44.972-04:002013-04-26T06:31:44.972-04:00Hi Amanda!
You mentioned so many of my own litera...Hi Amanda!<br /><br />You mentioned so many of my own literary heroes here, ray Bradbury and Isabell Allende, and especially Angela Carter. I think you must love language a lot, because language especially is what makes Bradbury and Carter stand out.<br /><br />"I devoured fairy tales, and was convinced a fairy hid amongst the tiger lilies behind the wrought iron fence in our front yard . . ." This also sounds like me at that age where I kept waiting for that magic moment to be befriended by a ghost or any strange thing. As we get older we have to fight to keep that magic mind.<br /><br />Garce<br /><br />Garceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-44352729762162209182013-04-26T03:52:17.126-04:002013-04-26T03:52:17.126-04:00Despite your protests, you appear to have done ple...Despite your protests, you appear to have done plenty of wandering in the worlds of fantasy, Amanda. <br /><br />Every fictional world - even the most intricate and strange - has its roots in familiar reality. If it did not, readers could not understand it. (I've had trouble with some science fiction for just this reason.)<br /><br />In writing Quarantine, I worried that my imagined world was too much like the present day, though it's set about thirty years in the future. Having seen what technology has dished out since I was a kid in the fifties and sixties, I can scarcely guess what will turn up in the next few decades. I finessed this problem by positing a decline in technological sophistication in the US (a trend not completely fictional) as newly developing countries like China and Brazil surged forward. Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.com