tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post3801855237135771038..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: The real deal or the raw deal? - Michelle LovricMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-69559931878386064012013-03-19T07:45:46.903+00:002013-03-19T07:45:46.903+00:00The Venice you write of Michelle...makes one wish ...The Venice you write of Michelle...makes one wish to learn more about it and experience it for yourself.<br />I don't feel myself a normal bog standard tourist by any means and your books adult and children have opened up so much more for me than if I hadn't read them at all !!<br />Keep up the wonderful work !!rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07279254501934033321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-44698795008120123032013-01-13T19:18:29.222+00:002013-01-13T19:18:29.222+00:00Good God, is all I can say. I remember Macau in th...Good God, is all I can say. I remember Macau in the '80s, when it was a rather agreeably crumbling old-China town with a pleasant relaxed Portuguese flavour, a respite from the incessant activity of Hong Kong, with a couple of floating casinos in the harbour. We took a bicycle rickshaw along the waterfront to see the temple of A-Ma, and then went to stay on one of the two islands. It was nice, and provided me with material for my later novel set in old Hong Kong, by giving me a flavour of what it looked like. I can believe that there is an imitation Venice, but it indicates that Macau is right up there with the brash new moneymaking China. Can't believe they've trademarked themselves. Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-72062302861902820992013-01-10T22:08:35.264+00:002013-01-10T22:08:35.264+00:00Those kinds of places are fun but they are NOT THE...Those kinds of places are fun but they are NOT THE REAL THING. They miss the age, decay, HISTORY etc of an ancient and rather pleasantly spooky city. And your books are nothing like that whatsoever. They are books which only add to the real place's character. That's quite different. That's allowed and fine, I reckon. Lovely post.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-85985282143890578592013-01-10T19:50:31.537+00:002013-01-10T19:50:31.537+00:00I've been to both, Michelle, well the one in L...I've been to both, Michelle, well the one in Las Vegas, anyway, not Macau. The resort is fabulous, but can only be a reflection of the true Venice, like a Hollywood film. And like Hollywood films, writing about real places, should encourage people to go and see the actual city or country for themselves, and discover its true identity.Jean Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04805479454940218153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-71240015962309473582013-01-10T18:58:55.188+00:002013-01-10T18:58:55.188+00:00I think we celebrate places by writing about them,...I think we celebrate places by writing about them, and if what we write is published, by drawing attention to them. Reading numerous detective novels set in Italy just recently has certainly shifted Venice, Sicily and Rome even further up my list of places to visit.<br /><br />But the Macao hotel - no, that doesn't get onto the list at all!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.com