Hello Redwood's Fans!
How has your week been. Me--- working on a new book proposal. Anyone know of any great medical mysteries? It's pretty sad when I'm reading and am familiar with most. I want something unusual and preferably genetically fatal-- so if you have any ideas . . .
On top of that-- I need a setting. Any setting. I like creepy houses but I don't think it's a good setting for a trilogy-- being confined to one place either. So-- what's your favorite setting?
For you this week:
Wednesday: Firefighter/Paramedic Tim Casey shares some of his patients' experiences with near death.
Forensic Friday: Garry Rodgers is back starting a multi-part series on a true life death investigation. These posts are fascinating and I know you'll enjoy.
Have a great week.
Jordyn
A trilogy, hm? Likely any single setting will prove confining over the length of three books, so I suggest you think in terms of a community. It could be a relatively isolated community, a small town set within miles of surrounding farmland (look at a map of eastern Oregon), or the ranch or farm fifteen miles from that town, where single cowboys live in the bunkhouse and the married men live on-site as well. The "creepy house" might be the original farmstead, abandoned by great-grandma when great-grandpa died in it.
ReplyDeleteGenetically fatal - how about fatal familial insomnia?
These are your ideas now. I'm off to write more sword-and-sorcery.
Great tips, Writer Chick! Thanks so much for leaving them.
ReplyDeleteJordyn, one community idea that comes to mind is the new trend toward co-housing that's growing...that combination of condos/retail/parks/daycare, shared common spaces like living area, etc. You could include an onsite clinic that would be the heart of the medical side of it. I think you could carry this over a trilogy, and it could be urban or small town - and a small town setting could carry it's own set of issues/conflicts. Check out http://www.cohousing.org/
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