tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373261965368002063.post6892003524833658461..comments2022-11-05T07:51:34.447-06:00Comments on The Song of My Soul: How to Write What You Know - And LOVE it!K. M. Updikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11711692555889303999noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373261965368002063.post-64173600326091058082015-10-26T19:51:41.342-06:002015-10-26T19:51:41.342-06:00Oh, our secret wishes! I do wish I could write thr...Oh, our secret wishes! I do wish I could write thrillers!<br /><br />Imagination and what we know about life are the most crucial elements to writing a story. I think you did just perfect in your Christmas story!K. M. Updikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11711692555889303999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373261965368002063.post-21166866734637885732015-10-22T18:42:02.331-06:002015-10-22T18:42:02.331-06:00This is wonderful!!!! So far, my books have been ...This is wonderful!!!! So far, my books have been pretty "close to home," but my secret wish is to write sci-fi someday. :) If I do, I will certainly take your advice!!!! Such good points. I guess in my one historical fiction (short story), I imagined what it would be like to live back then in that city but incorporated what I know of what it feels like to be a child, and a parent, at Christmas. :) Christa Uptonhttp://www.blackhillspicturebooks.comnoreply@blogger.com