Too bad there's not a poll feature on this thing. I was just wondering what city everyone's chick lit is set in. I'll go first....Fairbanks, Alaska. LOL.
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The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.--Anais Nin
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Okt 26, 2007 - 04 23
The one I'm focusing on for Nano is set in partly in Ealing, (part of London) and partly in Coventry, UK. With a quick flit through Stratford.
The two I am writing outside of Nano are set in Ellesmere (a little town in Shropshire) and in Manchester. Both in the UK (but that's because I live there, so it's easier than making the MCs live in America)
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Moving house in the same month as Nanowrimo...
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Okt 26, 2007 - 06 44
Chicago, Seattle, but mostly... Cairo. :)
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Okt 26, 2007 - 08 00
Twickenham, London.
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Okt 26, 2007 - 10 02
whoops. double post.
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Okt 26, 2007 - 10 02
I'm going for the ever-so-typical (but always magical) New York City.
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Okt 26, 2007 - 10 38
I've decided that since this is my first year I'm going to make setting easy on myself and have it set here, where I live - Rapid City, South Dakota.
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Okt 26, 2007 - 10 51
Probably in the Midwest, since that's where I live and it's what I know.
But I think of one of my characters is going to end up in California.
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Okt 26, 2007 - 13 29
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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Okt 26, 2007 - 15 51
Initially, I thought of Honolulu because I wanted somewhere far away and very different from here, but after rediscovering my laziness (and possibly time constraints) to do research and having a surging sense of patriotism, I've decided to set it in Montréal. Weaving some French into the dialogue is also alluring and fun.
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Okt 26, 2007 - 17 56
I'm actually going easy on myself, sort of. My story will be set in New Jersey, but in a made up town...boy I hope that's allowed LOL! Really a mix of the different cities I've lived in and visited in NJ.
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Okt 26, 2007 - 20 20
Mine's in a made up town, Summerview. I know the name's a bit cliched, but it totally suits the surroundings. It's a little town on the coast in Australia, the beach is a few minute's walk away and all the teens and preteens surf.
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Okt 26, 2007 - 20 49
Chicago, Illinois!!! :)
I would put it in Portland, but there's something romantic about putting it in a town I know about, but live very far away from. :-D Especially that it's a big metropolis. :) Not as harsh as New York. Got some quirkiness, too!
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I haven't a clue what I'm doing. Ever.
Stay Shiny. Keep Flyin'
50,021 / 50,000
Okt 26, 2007 - 22 22
San Diego, California. I've lived in Cali, but not San Diego, so this is going to be a challenge. I'll probably worry about details and accuracy in my editing phase... I'm a lazy procrastinator like that. haha
----------Instead of fear of failure, maybe we'd do better to fear the death of dreaming.
28,750 / 50,000
Okt 27, 2007 - 09 21
High five, Sara! I'm setting mine in San Diego, too! Most of it will take place in a 120 year-old mansion in National City so I'm excited to write a story in my hometown.
Best,
Mary C.
Mary Castillo
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If you switched lives with your best friend...
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Okt 27, 2007 - 13 50
The suburbs around Chicago, IL. It's where I live now and I'm familiar with it, so I won't have to make a bunch of stuff up or do too much research.
-----------Stacy. Just Stacy.
5,289 / 50,000
Okt 27, 2007 - 16 01
Mine's set in L.A. It fits the story, and it's easy for me to write, since I live in SoCal anyway and lived in L.A. proper for about five years.
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Okt 27, 2007 - 16 09
San Francisco, with jaunts throughout Bay Area, Napa Valley, and Mendocino :-D
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Okt 27, 2007 - 22 13
I haven't decided where my story is going to be set yet, and I am kind of fretting. =( It'll probably be NYC (because I live in NY and it's easy), but my novel is largely set around the music industry, so it's a little tricky.
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Okt 27, 2007 - 22 18
I'm considering making up a city. Either that or use Cardiff, Wales.
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Okt 28, 2007 - 08 23
Mine's set in Chicago. because well, its the best city in the US and there are too many chic lit novels set in New York...Chicago never gets enough respect.
:o)
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2007 NaNo Novel: The Girl in the Burberry Coat
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Okt 28, 2007 - 08 23
Mine's set in Chicago. because well, its the best city in the US and there are too many chic lit novels set in New York...Chicago never gets enough respect.
:o)
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co-ML Illinois:Naperville
2007 NaNo Novel: The Girl in the Burberry Coat
53,318 / 50,000
Okt 28, 2007 - 09 08
Oh God.. hadn't even thought of this. haha.
I suppose I'll set mine here, in Adelaide. Or Melbourne. Or Sydney. Ooooh maybe Brisbane. No.. Brisbane seems too sunny. Perth, actually. Oh... Yes. Perth! I've never been to Perth but my novel seems Perthy. OMG HOBART! And I'm a horrible Australian who can't remember the capital of Hobart. Dear God.
Yes so obviously.. I have no idea. Haha.
----------Christina
ML of Adelaide
All we can do is keep breathing...
53,318 / 50,000
Okt 28, 2007 - 09 36
aaargh double post. x_x
----------Christina
ML of Adelaide
All we can do is keep breathing...
50,143 / 50,000
Okt 28, 2007 - 16 06
I like this question! Mine is going to be set in London's Canary Wharf area. But my MC is going to travel a bit too, maybe a little bit of Belgium, Paris.. not sure yet. But for sure lots of London! :) (I'm in London for 4 months, originally from Canada.)
----------With love, light and laughter
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Okt 28, 2007 - 17 57
Woohoo! MaryC! Our San Diego novels are gonna rock. ;) Now that I know yours will be there, too, I may be hitting you up for SD information when I need it. lol
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Okt 29, 2007 - 01 12
The first part of mine takes place in LA. I've only been there 3x though, and for very short visits.
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The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.--Anais Nin
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Okt 29, 2007 - 09 53
Mine is going to be set in Washington D.C and Alexandria, VA (the two cities are roughly 10 miles apart).
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Okt 29, 2007 - 12 12
Cambridge, UK
Because I am nostalgic after a year and a bit working full time in London....
Ali
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Okt 29, 2007 - 12 41
Half will be in suburban Atlanta and half will be in Perth.
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Okt 29, 2007 - 22 06
If anything emerges, my MC will move from Baltimore, where she grew up, and I've only visited once, but have a neighbor who is a native, to New Mexico (Albuquerque as she'll start med school there) but probably spend a lot of time in Santa Fe, as her mother's family all live there and part of why she moves is so she can get to know that side of her.
Of course... I still have no plot, no outline and a vague idea of who my other characters are. This MC is part of my overall family tree-- and I have stories written about three of them in various states of progress. Like the last two stories I've written, I've started off in chick lit but have ventured far from it. I think... this one will stay here... I don't have the angst, anger and major ass plot twists that take me on a whole different journey and into another genre completely.
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