tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post1896854515823035443..comments2023-08-14T10:44:59.007-04:00Comments on Novel Spaces: Worlds you don't knowKeVin K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14792797517571690942noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-59033337459623449192009-11-18T16:24:07.422-05:002009-11-18T16:24:07.422-05:00Whoever said write 'what you know' knew wh...Whoever said write 'what you know' knew what s/he was about. I couldn't begin to try to do otherwise. <br /><br />Immersion might work, but I don't think a few weeks worth can do the trick; despite the best of intentions you'd be seeing and interpreting the other culture through the lens of your own.Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-49016541013444024722009-11-18T14:42:58.896-05:002009-11-18T14:42:58.896-05:00You are so right, one has to go beyond research an...You are so right, one has to go beyond research and immerse himself with any new world he writes about. Which is why in my writing I stick to the world I know, or at least think I know. I often go for the multicultural but it usually involves cultures I'm already familiar with. Thank God there are writers like you guys who can create alternate universes for us.<br /><br />As for Chinese web, I had no idea it was different from any other web. I guess I've learned something new.Jewel Amethysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14813773386476356666noreply@blogger.com