tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post4751397836996393030..comments2023-10-28T05:33:15.060-05:00Comments on The Writing Playground: Guest Blogger Trish MilburnMarilyn Puetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073134550080890157noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-18786580933877143352010-02-24T05:47:05.224-06:002010-02-24T05:47:05.224-06:00I like books that are connected whether by family ...I like books that are connected whether by family or setting. I like Susan Wiggs and her Lakeshore Chronicles set in the Adirondecs in NY. Debbie Macomber and her Cedar Cove series, Kate Hoffmann and her Mighty Quinn's, set in the Boston area. I liked Harlequin's Tyler, Wisconsin series. Diana Palmer and her Jacobsville, Texas setting and the King ranch setting. Susan Mallery has so many connected books. Julia Quinn and her Bridgerton family series. <br /><br />I like them because you feel like you belong to the community or are a distant relative. There's a connection arecognition that makes you feel at home!Laurie Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533221100348874087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-16386757786653423462010-02-23T22:25:17.354-06:002010-02-23T22:25:17.354-06:00chey and robynl, thanks so much for the comments. ...chey and robynl, thanks so much for the comments. Sorry I disappeared for awhile. My husband was playing in a corporate band challenge tonight (he plays guitar), so I went to play groupie. :)<br /><br />Thanks so much for having me here today. It's been fun hanging out with you fabulous gals.Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-12159598327972250792010-02-23T19:57:16.340-06:002010-02-23T19:57:16.340-06:00I do love to visit old familiar places and it is s...I do love to visit old familiar places and it is so nice that series books do this for us. <br />Sandra Brown's Texas Trilogy takes place in the same place for all 3 books.robynlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03250071917966470701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-50751654809228037382010-02-23T17:50:00.843-06:002010-02-23T17:50:00.843-06:00I like to revisit settings and people in series. ...I like to revisit settings and people in series. I like to visit new places and characters in books too.<br /><br />chey127 at hotmail dot comcheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028962586999938567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-88443831383342799102010-02-23T16:03:32.268-06:002010-02-23T16:03:32.268-06:00Hello, Problem Child. (Have I mentioned these name...Hello, Problem Child. (Have I mentioned these names are giving me the giggles?) Congrats on getting your pages done for the day. I'm pretty darn happy myself at the moment. I just finished my continuity book revisions and sent them to my editor. Can you all hear me singing The Hallelujah Chorus? :)Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-53251340693212319002010-02-23T16:02:01.326-06:002010-02-23T16:02:01.326-06:00Kathy, that's such a cool comparison with a fa...Kathy, that's such a cool comparison with a favorite amusement park with a new ride. I can't wait to go to Disney World next month, to immerse myself in that magical world again.Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-14904965570976050772010-02-23T16:00:29.839-06:002010-02-23T16:00:29.839-06:00robertsonreads, it's nice to have a mixture of...robertsonreads, it's nice to have a mixture of settings -- ones you've been to and ones where the author makes you feel like you've been there.Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-76969091641830009512010-02-23T15:42:19.968-06:002010-02-23T15:42:19.968-06:00I'm tardy but I have my pages done for the day...I'm tardy but I have my pages done for the day!<br /><br />Welcome Trish!<br /><br />I do love to revisit places and characters. After all, I've invested in them for one book, they're like friends and home and I can't wait to see what they're up to!Problem Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456049865200737618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-20032669358933589672010-02-23T15:28:25.831-06:002010-02-23T15:28:25.831-06:00Welcome to the playground, Trish! It's so gre...Welcome to the playground, Trish! It's so great to see you here. :)<br /><br />I love the feeling I get when I open up a sequel and its like a big SURPRISE party or a WELCOME home sign has been raised. Journeying back into the world a writer has created is like being in an amusement park where a new ride has been added. There is so much aniticipated build up that the feeling doesn't ease until the first ride is over or the last page has been turned.<br /><br />You can't beat that in a good series, or a good amusement park. (Can't wait to venture into Hogwarts myself)Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-85486642141907705072010-02-23T15:23:36.212-06:002010-02-23T15:23:36.212-06:00Good afternoon Trish,
I enjoy both. An area I'...Good afternoon Trish,<br />I enjoy both. An area I'm familiar with and then those I've never been to. Linda Howard sets some of her books here in AL. But I also enjoy Susan E. Phillips locations in Chicago, where I have never been. I learn so much.<br />robertsonreadsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-75911246048986832782010-02-23T15:15:06.745-06:002010-02-23T15:15:06.745-06:00Ooh, you've named some of my fav books from ch...Ooh, you've named some of my fav books from childhood, Trish, and for the very reason. The setting and situation was so cool, so interesting, it was as if it were another character in the books...Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-29000540987620589162010-02-23T14:54:54.938-06:002010-02-23T14:54:54.938-06:00Thanks for the comment, Tawny. I think you're ...Thanks for the comment, Tawny. I think you're right. I know I've read books where the setting was so unimportant that it could have taken place anywhere. But those aren't the books I remember. Even going back to childhood, setting was so important in my favorite reads -- the Little House on the Prairie books, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Julie of the Wolves, The Swiss Family Robinson, etc.Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-22761461529950133602010-02-23T14:52:56.943-06:002010-02-23T14:52:56.943-06:00Jeanne, I think "cozy" is a good word fo...Jeanne, I think "cozy" is a good word for it. It's familiar, like you've literally been there before.Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-712350600602195662010-02-23T14:51:45.698-06:002010-02-23T14:51:45.698-06:00Nancy, I'm not at all surprised that you like ...Nancy, I'm not at all surprised that you like returning to familiar settings. :) Thanks for popping by.Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-85280607187580388402010-02-23T14:51:02.280-06:002010-02-23T14:51:02.280-06:00Hey, Kim! Good to see you here (still bummed I did...Hey, Kim! Good to see you here (still bummed I didn't get to go to that hockey game with you, Gret and Lara).Thanks so much for the comment on the cover (and to you too, Anna C.). I have been so fortunate in my covers for American and my YA books so far. When I saw this one, I immediately dubbed him Mr. Yummy! :) I told the art department that he was supposed to look a bit like Eric Dane (McSteamy from Grey's Anatomy), and I think they did a pretty darn good job.Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-61314942837716962262010-02-23T14:47:50.782-06:002010-02-23T14:47:50.782-06:00Anna C., I think you make an excellent point about...Anna C., I think you make an excellent point about readers of Regencies loving to return again and again to that world. That's how I feel about westerns. I grew up watching westerns, still love them when Hollywood actually makes one (loved 3:10 to Yuma). I love that feel of taking off into the wild unknown, a vast, beautiful and dangerous frontier.Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-4498844559811973672010-02-23T14:45:16.848-06:002010-02-23T14:45:16.848-06:00Caroline, so glad you like continuities. There'...Caroline, so glad you like continuities. There's nothing like a good continuity where, by the end, you'd swear the place and people are real.Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-31599389240479375172010-02-23T14:44:11.216-06:002010-02-23T14:44:11.216-06:00Anna, you're so sweet. I really hope you like ...Anna, you're so sweet. I really hope you like The Family Man (which, incidentally, was titled by our fellow Bandita Suz).<br /><br />And yeah, sure wouldn't want to live in one of those RS towns where people were being offed left and right.Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-73922189529142614772010-02-23T13:54:28.556-06:002010-02-23T13:54:28.556-06:00Settings, like characters, can be wonderful to rev...Settings, like characters, can be wonderful to revisit! Getting to know the area the story takes place really grounds events and makes it all more 'real' to the imagination *g*Tawnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076851566613018105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-13919775873986570272010-02-23T13:19:34.104-06:002010-02-23T13:19:34.104-06:00HI Trish! Another Romance Bandit popping by. I l...HI Trish! Another Romance Bandit popping by. I love, love, love returning to "familiar" locales, both as a writer and as a reader. :> Anna C, I'm so excited about you using Lord Peregrine's house again. TOTALLY cool. And Trish, the familiar towns and settings - the world you've built - makes for such a warm read, don't you think? It's a cozy feeling, even if the story is edge-of-your-seat suspense. :>Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-80847588746379181742010-02-23T13:07:43.090-06:002010-02-23T13:07:43.090-06:00I love familiar settings, Trish. I like feeling t...I love familiar settings, Trish. I like feeling that I know the world and the charcters already.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-73270563423373520462010-02-23T12:49:26.833-06:002010-02-23T12:49:26.833-06:00Hey, Trish! Love this cover!!! And yes, I love r...Hey, Trish! Love this cover!!! And yes, I love returning to familiar places, both reading and writing. I will often actually look for books that will clearly have more coming out in the same setting. And then, of course, it drives me crazy having to wait to the next one! Looking forward to reading this one of yours!Kim Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04941409052732342612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-31378045497584952212010-02-23T12:39:11.522-06:002010-02-23T12:39:11.522-06:00Hiya WPers!!!! Hiya Trish! Trish, what an interest...Hiya WPers!!!! Hiya Trish! Trish, what an interesting post. And by the way, you get great covers, my friend! Actually I think one of the reasons for the popularity of Regency romance is that readers love returning to that world - even if it's written by different people with a slightly different take on it. As a writer, I don't actually write series but I think the world my characters inhabit has a similarity. It's definitely MY take on the Regency and that's consistent throughout the books. If anyone's read Tempt the Devil, you'll remember Lord Peregrine's completely over the top house. It was such fun to have the lovers in My Reckless Surrender meet there - that house was a hoot to write in all its glitz and glory.Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-18621007336427803222010-02-23T12:05:40.240-06:002010-02-23T12:05:40.240-06:00I love continuity books. It's like returning ...I love continuity books. It's like returning to the family - like in your favourite soap opera. Caroline :-)Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005714506570642538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-8074077962299880562010-02-23T11:22:00.476-06:002010-02-23T11:22:00.476-06:00Yay - not long to wait for another fabulous Trish ...Yay - not long to wait for another fabulous Trish book!<br /><br />I love connected books and returning to familiar settings. Whether it's JD Robb's amazing In Death series or Susan Mallery's various series - it's like returning to a favourite place.<br /><br />Though, I must admit, with all the thrillers/RS's I read, it can be a little daunting with so many nasty criminals and murders in one place! I remember someone once asking if Oxford was a dangerous place because so many people died in the Morse books!Anna Sugdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015356374453032571noreply@blogger.com