I have discovered a new, writer-related pleasure, and it's totally free!
Cyber shopping for one's characters.
The big stuff I've already done; my heroine, Caz, has a Hoxton workshop which is not my workshop; it's a bit further west, so she can see the Gherkin; I based it on a lutemaking friend's workshop, and built her a flat on top. It's in Fox Hollow Yard, a fictional place which is partly an amalgam of real places, partly made up.
It's the small stuff which is pure pleasure; which guitar would Ric own, what clothes would he buy, what motorbike would he choose? (A Harley Night Rod Special - not quite sure that's right). What cars would the characters drive? What would Emma buy when she's giving Caz tea under the misapprehension Caz is a journalist? What would Caz wear to catch the eye of Jeff Pike?
Read about it here in Catch a Falling Star.
What is the Gherkin? I assume something looking like a giant pickle has become a major landmark in London, supplanting Big Ben as the place to meet under.
ReplyDeleteI just took a look on Google for Gherkin. Quite the rocket ship looking building.
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