So far, I am thinking of setting ONE BLOOD in 1996-7. I’ve even printed out calendars of those years. 1996 syncs up especially well with the days on which I have things happening in the book–for example, I have Halloween falling on a Thursday, so that it’s followed by one work day. But those things aren’t crucial…<\/p>\n
If I continue with this approach, the tricky thing will be to avoid anachronisms, and make sure I don’t have buildings in existence in Princeton that weren’t built yet (such as the big, new public library downtown, which only dates from 2004) or technology too advanced for the period. Just as it was hard for me to envision rampant cell phone and laptop use in 2000, it’s hard for me to remember NOT to include some of those things now. <\/p>\n
One question I can throw out, to those who might have still been in college in 1996-7, or had kids in college then: Would some Ivy League students already be using laptops in the classroom, or would they still be taking notes mostly by hand? (Even if you didn’t go to that kind of school, you can probably guess whether wealthy kids would have had access to those things.) Thanks for any tips you can give me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So far, I am thinking of setting ONE BLOOD in 1996-7. I’ve even printed out calendars of those years. 1996 syncs up especially well with the days on which I have things happening in the book–for example, I have Halloween … Continue reading