tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post2573176012036200009..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: Daniel Silva Was Right Moscow Does RuleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-16180846503794084712009-09-20T18:28:20.938-05:002009-09-20T18:28:20.938-05:00Great stuff. I think one of the ideas here is the ...Great stuff. I think one of the ideas here is the idea of 'writing the other.' Someone, and I can't remember who, said that he couldn't write about a place until he moved away. I can understand that. By nature, a writer is the outsider, the observer, the person who sits along the wall at the party and listens to the conversations of other people.Steve Weddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876211586767139613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-30437903605341688582009-09-20T18:03:33.758-05:002009-09-20T18:03:33.758-05:00I'll check out that Ghelfi book, it sounds lik...I'll check out that Ghelfi book, it sounds like fun.<br /><br />I've been giving thought recently to trying to write about a new location. Mostly i write about the midlands towns that i grew up in, and my voice seems to work there. <br /><br />Ive been living in Glasgow for three years now, but still anything over about two thousand words set here and i start to feel like i'm faking it.<br /><br />I think my next mission will be to write a short story of every place i visit, just as an experiement in expanding my toolkit.Jay Stringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08764183157841848163noreply@blogger.com