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As usual, I've set myself a fairly stupid task for my new fic. At least this time I'm writing about somewhere I've been, but four days in San Antonio does not exactly make me an expert :(
So I'm writing Burkle dialogue and then reading it back to myself to see if it has the right rhythm. My native Scots accent is clearly useless for this, as is the weird hybrid UK-US-Aussie-yet-somehow-BBC voice that's become my everyday speech. So I am calling to mind the writer Joe R Lansdale for this.
Joe's from east Texas (or at least, he lives in Nagadoches). He seems a nice enough guy but I wouldn't want to get on his wrong side. I met him a couple of times at conventions in Austin and most of the time his accent didn't stand out in the crowd. But when he did his book readings or took to the podium, he could turn up his accent real thick. So thick I can still hear it now.
So maybe the story-telling voice of Joe R Lansdale is not what I need for this fic. Maybe I've done the equivalent of giving a Glaswegian turn of phrase to a resident of Dundee. But he's doing a great job of making my fic sound more Texan, at least to me.
I'll need a Texan beta, eventually, but I have to finish a draft first.
So I'm writing Burkle dialogue and then reading it back to myself to see if it has the right rhythm. My native Scots accent is clearly useless for this, as is the weird hybrid UK-US-Aussie-yet-somehow-BBC voice that's become my everyday speech. So I am calling to mind the writer Joe R Lansdale for this.
Joe's from east Texas (or at least, he lives in Nagadoches). He seems a nice enough guy but I wouldn't want to get on his wrong side. I met him a couple of times at conventions in Austin and most of the time his accent didn't stand out in the crowd. But when he did his book readings or took to the podium, he could turn up his accent real thick. So thick I can still hear it now.
So maybe the story-telling voice of Joe R Lansdale is not what I need for this fic. Maybe I've done the equivalent of giving a Glaswegian turn of phrase to a resident of Dundee. But he's doing a great job of making my fic sound more Texan, at least to me.
I'll need a Texan beta, eventually, but I have to finish a draft first.
