tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post4875734787477431184..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: WHERE DO IDEAS COME FROM? by Jane BorodaleMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-49920040699785117652012-11-22T15:45:56.457+00:002012-11-22T15:45:56.457+00:00I enjoyed reading this so much. Once on a very lon...I enjoyed reading this so much. Once on a very long train journey a girl across the aisle from me made a remark to her friend which triggered something in my brain. I wrote like a fiend on the outward leg and finished the (short)book on the return journey. They'll never know but you're right Jane, there should be signs on public transport about Careless Conversations being Noted by Novelists. Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-72149960360251373142012-11-22T14:58:04.912+00:002012-11-22T14:58:04.912+00:00Great post, thank you. I just loved the idea of th...Great post, thank you. I just loved the idea of that sign - a bit of cheer on a blusterous afternoon in Somerset!Mark Burgesshttp://www.markburgess.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-27622328667829249182012-11-22T14:18:27.672+00:002012-11-22T14:18:27.672+00:00Lovely post! Love the button image.Lovely post! Love the button image.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-91369645188379302762012-11-22T12:20:46.055+00:002012-11-22T12:20:46.055+00:00Yes, people are often nervous of me in case I put ...Yes, people are often nervous of me in case I put them into a book, but it is only part of them that I nick, and probably they wouldn't recognise it. My characters are most of all made out of bits of myself, a kind of multiple personality order, if you like.. then there are the other people who WANT you to put them, or their life, or something that's happened to them, into your next novel. I always say to them that they should write it themselves..Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-64703186630539468812012-11-22T10:04:38.176+00:002012-11-22T10:04:38.176+00:00I know exactly what you mean! And I've always ...I know exactly what you mean! And I've always found that people are extremely nervous and suspicious of anyone they see writing. You could be writing a shopping list (though, of course, you're not, but you could be) and they still get skittish and clam up.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-75282490389211724922012-11-22T08:50:00.448+00:002012-11-22T08:50:00.448+00:00I love the button man! It's funny how tiny thi...I love the button man! It's funny how tiny things make all the difference. With me it can be a snippet of conversation or a glimpse of a darkened alleyway.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018944465720933242noreply@blogger.com