The little blog that could. I sit here putting together playlists of old jazz while listening to old Bauhaus songs ('All We Ever Wanted Was Everything', for those keeping score) and sorting through literally HUNDREDS of pictures from the actual home renovation we did here over the last few years.
Now when I walk around the neighborhood I bring my phone so I can take pics that will ultimately be incorporated into the Second-hand Sarah blog at a later date. It's a bit like playing chess in that I have to plan the posts in advance and keep track of where they should go in the long run. Eyes on the prize and what-not.
I'm trying to keep it as close to relatively realistic as possible, right down to the weather in Maine at this very moment. High of 73 today, current temp of 68. Tomorrow going up near 80.
It's a bit like writing The Lazarus Stone (Conspiracy Edit) all over again, but with a happier ending, I would imagine. No apocalypse in Sarah-land, after all. I mean that statement in the respect that I need to 1) research the hell out of the facts, such as the differences between Victorian houses and Colonial (which is what we renovated), 2) little things like local weather (can't say how hot it is in Maine today when it only got into the 70's, meanwhile here in central PA it's 90+), 3) put on my Sarah mask and write AS Sarah would. It's a trick I use when writing my characters in general, but I've never channeled a character on a long-term basis.
I also have to remember not to post all the blog posts at once and to make notes in the actual journal of how many days have passed in Sarah-land, and what date each post will be going live so I can keep track.
No. Easy. Task.
I'm thinking of creating a Pandora station based on Sarah's taste in music so folks can listen while they're reading. Now if only the internet would let me insert smells so the visitors to Sarah's house can smell that old wood and salty air and the lingering ghost of a pot of strong coffee. Someday... :)
