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Jul. 24th, 2011 02:34 amI'm finishing my last day in Paris. I let my feet dictate what I did and they gave me a lot of work: Medieval arms, historical teas, vast amounts of information for teaching, for writing, for putting into context and understanding the wisdom writers have me these last few weeks. Also, some very evil photos for friends who are in need of such.
My big insight of the day was that one reason historical fiction writers who get the history reasonably right do is, as Elizabeth Chadwick pointed out, because of good gut feels. There are plot arcs everywhere and it makes accuracy much easier if one spots them and work with history as we understand it. (I played spotting plot arcs while engaged in quite a different exercise today and, as a result, can turn my NC novel into a trilogy - not that I will, just that I can.)
And now I must leave you and change, since I kind of got rained on again today. Also, I am not overthinking ailments - if my leg gets bigger then I must see a doctor on Monday. I wrote a bunch about wasp bites, but this is just what started it - I have the same skin problem I had *last* time I was in France. I am allergic to France!!! It went away by itself last time, with some help from an antiseptic cream. I'm treating it as an infection and seeing a chemist on Monday if it spreads. I am provisioned for skin infections, unsurprisingly. And I should have realised it wasn't anything worse when I walked all day and only noticed it occasionally. It's not even bad enough to make me grumpy, though it looks quite impressive.
And now I must work, because I have a ton of notes to make and photos to deal with (by deleting the idiot ones then abcking everything up - I'm running out foofpace on a rather hefty memory card). My long-suffering legs can rest while I work.
My big insight of the day was that one reason historical fiction writers who get the history reasonably right do is, as Elizabeth Chadwick pointed out, because of good gut feels. There are plot arcs everywhere and it makes accuracy much easier if one spots them and work with history as we understand it. (I played spotting plot arcs while engaged in quite a different exercise today and, as a result, can turn my NC novel into a trilogy - not that I will, just that I can.)
And now I must leave you and change, since I kind of got rained on again today. Also, I am not overthinking ailments - if my leg gets bigger then I must see a doctor on Monday. I wrote a bunch about wasp bites, but this is just what started it - I have the same skin problem I had *last* time I was in France. I am allergic to France!!! It went away by itself last time, with some help from an antiseptic cream. I'm treating it as an infection and seeing a chemist on Monday if it spreads. I am provisioned for skin infections, unsurprisingly. And I should have realised it wasn't anything worse when I walked all day and only noticed it occasionally. It's not even bad enough to make me grumpy, though it looks quite impressive.
And now I must work, because I have a ton of notes to make and photos to deal with (by deleting the idiot ones then abcking everything up - I'm running out foofpace on a rather hefty memory card). My long-suffering legs can rest while I work.