{"id":10277,"date":"2022-07-30T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/?p=10277"},"modified":"2023-06-26T09:56:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T15:56:13","slug":"dream-vacations-for-this-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/30\/dream-vacations-for-this-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream Vacations (for This Writer)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;text-align: center;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"bxwretlind\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Dream%20Vacations%20%28for%20This%20Writer%29\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We all have dream vacations, places we want to go that fit firmly into our bucket lists with permanent ink. Writers have them as well, and I&#8217;ve been thinking about this recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For any Earth-bound novel (literary fiction, romance, thriller, suspense, etc.) there are places one can visit to get inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I recall many posts by Douglas Preston on his research in New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah for several different novels. Clive Cussler probably traveled around the world on his &#8220;research vacations&#8221; and, of course, Steinbeck had a ball writing <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46kKuVR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Travels with Charley: In Search of America<\/a><\/em> as he traveled nearly 10,000 miles in a camper named\u00a0<em>Rocinante<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a science fiction writer, it&#8217;s hard to come up with answers to where one might go on vacation for, you know, &#8220;research.&#8221; Maybe Mars is a little too far away or we were born too early to check out the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceportamerica.com\/visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spaceport<\/a> might be neat to visit, and there are always those places that are so strange on Earth that they might as well be on another planet&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;like the Chinese park you might recognize from <em>Avatar<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/national-parks.org\/china\/zhangjiajie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/national-parks.org\/china\/zhangjiajie<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/7f.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/7f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/7f.jpg 668w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/7f-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Zhangjiajie National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a fantasy writer, there are places we can go for inspiration, but many of those are far away and long ago. There are <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gameofthronestours.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Game<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/visitbelfast.com\/ideas\/game-of-thrones-northern-ireland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">of Thrones<\/a><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getyourguide.com\/dubrovnik-l513\/game-of-thrones-tours-tc358\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tours<\/a> you can go on, but these don&#8217;t help the writer as much as they help the fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I was &#8220;researching&#8221; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/the-sketches-from-the-spanish-mustang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sketches from the Spanish Mustang<\/a><\/em>, I spent a great deal of time in Cripple Creek, Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC_8050.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC_8050-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"dream vacations\" class=\"wp-image-14485\" width=\"512\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC_8050-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC_8050-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC_8050-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC_8050-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC_8050-2048x1638.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC_8050-1350x1080.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A donkey in Cripple Creek, Colorado<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3PwdaVP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Castles<\/a><\/em>, since I grew up in the desert I didn&#8217;t have to do much traveling. I could recall most of the landscape from my mind. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/42XGx6z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beneath Gehenna<\/a><\/em> was set mostly in a place that doesn&#8217;t exist underwater. Those locations that are mentioned were researched using VR (I&#8217;m cheap).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But what about <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43YBCU6\"><em>Beans of Anafi<\/em><\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have always wanted to visit the Greek islands. Maybe not so much Santorini as the out of the way islands that still retain a little of the ancient Greek life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example: Anafi.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/shutterstock_1716351427-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"dream vacations\" class=\"wp-image-14483\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/shutterstock_1716351427-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/shutterstock_1716351427-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/shutterstock_1716351427-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/shutterstock_1716351427-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/shutterstock_1716351427-2048x1149.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/shutterstock_1716351427-1920x1078.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The top of Kalamos on the Greek island of Anafi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anafi is a tiny island next to Santorini and only recently began accepting visitors on a regular basis. For the longest time, it was an anthropologist&#8217;s dream, and in fact was the subject of study for Margaret E. Kenna. You can read all about that in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46kKJ3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greek Island Life: Fieldwork on Anafi<\/a><\/em> which <a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/27\/review-greek-island-life-fieldwork-on-anafi-by-margaret-e-kenna\/\">I reviewed last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I originally wrote <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43YBCU6\">Beans of Anafi<\/a><\/em> (my <a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/16\/what-just-happened-an-incomplete-journey-of-a-nanowrimo-newbie-part-1\/\">2021 NaNoWriMo project<\/a>), I wasn&#8217;t able to flit across the world and do as much research as I would have liked. VR didn&#8217;t help much because most of the island hasn&#8217;t been recorded. Kenna&#8217;s book was a great help, and there were a few videos from world traveler bloggers I found which put me in the right mindset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, something was missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And now Anafi is at the top of my bucket list. It&#8217;s not only written in permanent ink, it&#8217;s been highlighted. It has become an obsession (and probably why I&#8217;ve now spent an entire year learning to speak Greek).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will get there. It&#8217;s one of my dream vacations (for this writer).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you have dream vacations as a writer? Is it someplace on Earth or beyond?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/vacations_pin-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/vacations_pin-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/vacations_pin-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/vacations_pin-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/vacations_pin-1-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/vacations_pin-1.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;text-align: center;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"bxwretlind\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Dream%20Vacations%20%28for%20This%20Writer%29\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all have dream vacations, places we want to go that fit firmly into our bucket lists with permanent ink. 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