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Having Fun with a Change of Genre in A Change of Location by Margaret Porter
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Join me as I chat with Margaret Porter, author of four novels listed on Art In FIction, including A Change of Location, The Limits of Limelight, and Beautiful Invention: A Novel of Hedy Lamarr listed in the Film category, and The Myrtle Wand listed in the Dance category.
View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ijPu_SVzY1c
- Why switch to a new genre - "romcom" - from historical fiction?
- Writing fiction as a "palette cleanser"
- Inspiration for A Change of Location
- Summary of A Change of Location
- Why set the novel in Somerset?
- The concept of a "smart" love story and how A Change of Location fits the bill
- Challenges of writing contemporary fiction as opposed to historical fiction.
- Reading from A Change of Location
- Discussion of Beautiful Invention: A Novel of Hedy Lamarr; why write a novel about Hedy Lamarr?
- Hedy Lamarr's eventful life - myth-busting and research
- What was Hedy Lamarr like as a person? What motivated her?
- Hedy's inventions
- Inspiration forThe Limits of Limelight
- Women reinventing themselves
- The Myrtle Wand and the re-telling of the Giselle ballet
- One thing Margaret Porter learned from writing her novels that she didn't know before
- Write what you're passionate about!
Press Play now & be sure to check out Margaret Porter's novels on Art In Fiction: https://www.artinfiction.com/novels?q=margaret+porter
Margaret Porter's website: https://www.margaretporter.com/
Music Credit
Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson
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