Location, location, location
You’ve heard the phrase: location,
location, location? It’s a real estate mantra meant to emphasize
the location of the house can ultimately be the most important element in the
decision to buy. And if you watch any of those real estate shows on cable
television with any type of regularity, you’re nodding your head right now in
agreement.
For an author, location is a completely
different ball of wax altogether. We’re talking about where the story is set.
In science fiction it’s often a brand new world of the author’s design or a
hypothetical version of one we all recognize. Historical romance takes a great
deal of time, trouble and research to guarantee the setting is accurate to the
era the author or her characters chose. Westerns… well, you get the idea.
And
sometimes the location/setting becomes its own character. Daphne
DeMaurier's Rebecca wouldn't be Rebecca with
Manderley. Can you imagine Harry's adventures anywhere except within the walls
of Hogwart's Castle?
My first book, a romantic novella, was set in
Washington D.C. by necessity: it was about the First Daughter and the head of her
Secret Service detail. And I have a series of erotic spy thrillers set all over
the world due to the nature of those stories. And while my full length romances
all have characters from the Philadelphia area, they’re set in a fictional town
in Minnesota. My upcoming release, A Love Restrained, is the first
of my books set in my hometown, Philadelphia.
Writing about fictional persons falling in love
amidst triumphs, tragedies, and an almost unfair level of danger, in such
familiar surroundings as the very neighborhood in which I live was
exhilarating. Not having to research geography, weather patterns, vernacular
provided the opportunity to really delve deeper than I ever have into the
characters and their motivations. And I think the end result is my best story
to date.
I
guess it really is all about location.
For more information about A
Love Restrained, releasing worldwide on October 4th, including
cover art and an excerpt, please see: http://www.tirgearrpublishing.com/authors/Flade_Becky/a-love-restrained.htm
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