Tag: Boston
Ah, the hub of the universe, my favorite place in the whole world. Boston figures prominently in my writing, and here’s why.
I Love That Dirty Water
So, I first fell in love with Boston when I was a teenager and my brother was looking at colleges. I guess he was looking at Harvard (which is in Cambridge, anyway), but I don’t honestly remember.
All I do recall is seeing Boston and thinking—that’s for me.
Roadrunner, Roadrunner
I have lived in a bunch of different places in the northeast United States. And the only ones that come close to Boston are Providence and Philadelphia.
I just, I fell in love, is what happened.
It’s More Than a Feeling
Because my home is such an intrinsic part of my life, it naturally crept into my writing. Mettle takes place here because I wanted people from my favorite city to meet the apocalypse head-on. And win.
Of course, The Real Hub of the Universe comes from Oliver Wendell Holmes’s famous take on the place, that we fancy ourselves as being at the center of it all.
And so I think, well, what if we really were?
The entire Obolonk universe keeps Boston (rather, the New England Meg, if you want to get technical about it) close and important because that’s the way I feel about the place, too.
And I want it to still be around, even in the far future.
Just What I Needed
Nothing grounds me like this city. Nothing moves me as much as the sight of Fenway or the Hancock Tower, or the lights off the harbor at night.
When my characters have a connection, too, then I can feel them coming home.
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