tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post1827181182152501030..comments2024-03-18T17:05:21.126+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Dancing with the dead - Anne RooneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86265199761890721422012-10-23T22:29:03.178+01:002012-10-23T22:29:03.178+01:00Parkinson's, baby farming, dead people, brothe...Parkinson's, baby farming, dead people, brothels...this sounds like my kind of book! What will it be called? I wish to look out for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-21388862736093890282012-10-20T00:41:26.209+01:002012-10-20T00:41:26.209+01:00Oh my god, your book sounds gorgeous! I love anyth...Oh my god, your book sounds gorgeous! I love anything like this. What wonderful research. Such a happy time in the life of a novel.Karenhttp://www.karen-ball.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-2637286471483022522012-10-19T16:17:23.428+01:002012-10-19T16:17:23.428+01:00Awesome, Anne! I love doing research for a book to...Awesome, Anne! I love doing research for a book too, finding out and discovering, and then picking and choosing what stays in what goes. I hope you made it out of the Anchor...Savita Kalhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977368691995933130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-60190770265558008782012-10-19T14:28:28.749+01:002012-10-19T14:28:28.749+01:00Brilliant! And the name is the cherry on top of th...Brilliant! And the name is the cherry on top of the cake! Have fun.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-31622777809878925332012-10-19T13:18:33.060+01:002012-10-19T13:18:33.060+01:00Blimey. (Have you read Matthew Skelton's The S...Blimey. (Have you read Matthew Skelton's The Story of Cirrus Flux? Set in London in and about 1783. Less babies, more orphans but still dark.)Sarah Taylor-Fergussonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01507013836947182706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-10116702677952554412012-10-19T11:55:49.314+01:002012-10-19T11:55:49.314+01:00Nothing quite like feet on the ground research, An...Nothing quite like feet on the ground research, Anne! I've never forgotten being in Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore and singing the immortal lines: "A many years ago, When I was young and charming, As some of you may know, I practised baby-farming." I'm guessing that may have come from the Selina Wadge case or one like it. Terrible times. <br /><br />Lucy Coatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774389681477698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-29665220645755920512012-10-19T11:54:36.702+01:002012-10-19T11:54:36.702+01:00Really interesting. Love the idea of using the dol...Really interesting. Love the idea of using the dolls' houses for interiors!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-31475130275177058872012-10-19T11:41:13.234+01:002012-10-19T11:41:13.234+01:00Sounds a wonderful day you've planned and a us...Sounds a wonderful day you've planned and a useful reminder about how to make settings feel real and characters - even dead ones - live. <br /><br />Enjoy that final drink but watch the company, especially those sitting unusually still in dark corners for any unusually long time . . .<br /><br />Sounds like a novel to look forward to, Anne!Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-47235680808406415032012-10-19T10:49:43.323+01:002012-10-19T10:49:43.323+01:00"Research is not just about getting the detai..."Research is not just about getting the details right - it often directs the story as some discoveries are just too good not to use."<br /><br />Absolutely true! I can feel the excitement all the way up to Scotland!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com