Here are some of them:. Dantean references! My currently-hiatused alternative history about Dante and Beatrice naturally has the highest collection of quotes and lines incorporated into the narrative. This great band gets almost no love on U. They were much more popular in the U.
Newer cars might be a lot safer, but old cars until about the early s are so much prettier and more unique-looking. I frequently draw chapter and part titles from songs, films, and literature. References to Rudy Valentino and his films. It was truly hashgacha pratit Divine Providence that I gave Cinnimin the birthdate of 23 August years before I became a Rudy fan and knew that was his death date.
One of those times when I knew , even before I knew. Plenty of food scenes! No book of mine is complete without multiple scenes of a lavish holiday, birthday, or other celebratory meal, with each dish listed. Sibling lineups of far more girls than boys. Lots of lefties and ambidextrians! Left-handedness runs in many of my families, and some of my characters are compelled to switch to left-handedness after injury to the right arm e.
Since there was sadly a lot of abuse towards lefties until fairly recently in history, some of my characters have to stand up for themselves against teachers trying to change them, or can only use their left hand at home or in secret. Lines from Laurel and Hardy films!
You can use it. Animals in my Cast of Characters lists. If a pet features prominently, why not include him or her among the important characters? Happy heavenly th birthday to Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn! Rudy Valentino had been on strike from movies for 23 months, and had filled all that time with a nationwide dance tour with his wife Natacha Rambova.
