{"id":113,"date":"2008-10-13T11:19:38","date_gmt":"2008-10-13T17:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=113"},"modified":"2008-11-26T02:01:28","modified_gmt":"2008-11-26T08:01:28","slug":"inspiration-for-writing-geography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/13\/inspiration-for-writing-geography\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiration for Writing: Geography"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My spirit is uplifted by grand buildings. I hear the whisperings of times past. Stories seep out of the old stone, echoes of footsteps remind me of people I have never met and never will.<\/p>\n

The Montmartre church, the Basilique of Sacre Coeur, makes me think of secret rendezvous and gatherings of folk. I loved gathering on the steps of this church with my friends to chat and look out across Paris. I also loved looking up at the brilliant blue sky, which I captured in this photo.<\/p>\n

The walls of the Mont St. Michel village house lost rituals, much prayer and the goings on of daily life. A touristy village wraps around the combination chapel, old abbey and fortress that is known as Mont. St. Michel. I snapped this photo of a strange gargoyle like stone figure jutting above some flowers.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m so inspired by French churches and cathedrals that I transport myself there in my\u00a0fiction. In one of my unpublished novels, April\u2019s Folly<\/em>, a futuristic, I transplanted\u00a0 <\/span>the Paris Notre Dame cathedral into the side of a mountain in the San Francisco Bay Area. In my current novel, The Dragon Stone<\/em>, one of the castles is inspired by Mont St. Michel.<\/p>\n

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These images that live in my office bring me back to a place that I touched and to another time that I never lived, to another time that may never have existed. In search of answers and stories, I\u2019ve added my footsteps to those of my millions of fellow travelers.<\/p>\n

Place evokes so much for me. And you? Write about a place, natural or manmade<\/strong>. Here are some questions to bring words to the surface:<\/p>\n