Did you all smell the smoke coming from my fingers tapping away on my laptop today? I cranked out the first chunk of my detailed, chapter-by-chapter outline for the second YA today, the first five chapters. I hope to get that many done tomorrow as well and each day this week.
Since my second YA is set in Alaska, I’ve been doing research online, including looking up photos of the area in which I’m setting my fictional village. I’ve also been picking my friend Monica’s brain since she lived in Alaska for awhile. (Read about her Alaskan adventures here.) And I’ve been soaking up episodes of Deadliest Catch (which was already a favorite) and The Alaska Experiment.
Has anyone been to Alaska? If so, what part(s)? What struck you about the state and its people?
May 28th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
I’ve never been to Alaska, but I would love to go someday. Don’t know much about it except what I’ve seen on “Men In Trees,” but I think they filmed that in Canada.
May 28th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
I haven’t been to Alaska yet, but I have a cousin who lives there with her two daughters, and a couple friends who grew up there in a fishing town. It sounds like a beautiful place!
May 28th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Jane, it seems that lots of the shows that are supposed to be set in Alaska are filmed elsewhere. Northern Exposure was filmed in Washington. Vancouver seems to be a popular filming spot now. I know that’s where they film Supernatural too.
Fedora, everything I’ve seen shows Alaska to be gorgeous and awe-inspiring. I SO want to go sometime.