tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post2518145905190021844..comments2024-03-25T19:04:22.529-07:00Comments on The Silver Rush Mysteries: Happy New Year's Eve . . . at 10,000 feet in 1878Ann Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13177732952658080784noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-82228543959023962802009-01-13T19:51:00.000-08:002009-01-13T19:51:00.000-08:00Hi Beth,I do. I have lots of fun coming up with bi...Hi Beth,<BR/>I do. I have lots of fun coming up with bits for my fictitious Leadville newspaper, <I>The Independent</I>, and try to channel the real newspapers from that time. :-)<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I get carried away in the narration, though, and my critique group has to rein me in . . .Ann Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177732952658080784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-61320774420678892122009-01-13T17:54:00.000-08:002009-01-13T17:54:00.000-08:00Hi Ann,Yes, the writing in newspapers and books fr...Hi Ann,<BR/>Yes, the writing in newspapers and books from that time was much more flowery and descriptive and downright long-winded compared to today. Do you strive sometimes in your historical novels to mimic that style of old, say in the writing that your characters do?Beth Groundwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13999372882748655834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-73525434785112643222009-01-13T09:27:00.000-08:002009-01-13T09:27:00.000-08:00Hi Lucia,I agree . . . Old newspapers are wonderfu...Hi Lucia,<BR/>I agree . . . Old newspapers are wonderful for getting initial ideas and also details of the particular times, places, and attitudes. they rank right up there with old letters, in my mind. :-)<BR/><BR/>Hi Jane,<BR/>You're right, they <I>are</I> fun to read. Particularly if a publisher/editor/reporter had an axe to grind. They could really sling that verbiage!<BR/><BR/>Hi Christina,<BR/>Ha! :-) I suppose enough 25-cent whiskeys imbibed at 10,000 feet in the Rocky Mountains, and the world started to look pretty warm and rosy. Particularly if the drinker was inside and all that cold, cold winter weather was outside...Ann Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177732952658080784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-80382985361657792712009-01-13T08:39:00.000-08:002009-01-13T08:39:00.000-08:00There is no such thing as bad whiskey, especially ...There is no such thing as bad whiskey, especially for 25 cents!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-6333852112622738332009-01-13T08:36:00.000-08:002009-01-13T08:36:00.000-08:00Loved the article! Maybe if newspapers went back t...Loved the article! Maybe if newspapers went back to such descriptive writing they'd sell better because they'd be more fun to read.<BR/><BR/>Jane Kennedy Sutton<BR/>http://janekennedysutton.blogspot.com/Jane Kennedy Suttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12519340747761460017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-3629058889162416452009-01-12T22:11:00.000-08:002009-01-12T22:11:00.000-08:00So true. Thanks for the "discovery." It's amazing ...So true. Thanks for the "discovery." It's amazing what old newspapers will give us. Lluciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10645218783986091858noreply@blogger.com