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pegkerrI met with Bob Olsen at the Gingko Coffeehouse in St. Paul on Friday night.
I am incredibly lucky, because he lives locally, he is certainly a fountain of information, and he is very pleased to be a consultant for my book. He has been obsessed with ice palaces for forty years, he has helped build four of them, and he personally catalogued the Minnesota Historical Society's collection of materials on the St. Paul Winter Carnival ice palaces. We had a very pleasant hour and a half, talking about ice palaces, and my plans for the book. I felt sometimes a little incoherent trying to get my vision across at times, but he listened intently and seemed to get what I was trying to say immediately. Our minds seemed to click together really well.
The only disappointment, really, was that he confimed my hunch that I've unearthed just about all the published material available on the subject. But I think, since Bob has indicated his willingness to be available to answer questions, I can start writing with much more confidence. He told me little details that will be immensely helpful to make things seem realistic. The sound that the ice blocks make when they slide down the ramp and thump into another ice block, is like the sound between "d" and "t" in Russian; it's like the "t" sound in the word "cottage." That is the sort of detail you don't find in a book; you only get it from someone who knows everything about the subject.
I spent today writing up my notes from the interview. I didn't learn lots of new stuff, exactly, as much as confirm that I'm correct in how I've put together my understanding of what I've learned. All my reading made much of what he told me familiar.
Having him available to answer questions is really going to help, and will make me more confident.
Admit it, Peg. When you finish Icy Pleasures, you're gonna have to start writing again.
I am incredibly lucky, because he lives locally, he is certainly a fountain of information, and he is very pleased to be a consultant for my book. He has been obsessed with ice palaces for forty years, he has helped build four of them, and he personally catalogued the Minnesota Historical Society's collection of materials on the St. Paul Winter Carnival ice palaces. We had a very pleasant hour and a half, talking about ice palaces, and my plans for the book. I felt sometimes a little incoherent trying to get my vision across at times, but he listened intently and seemed to get what I was trying to say immediately. Our minds seemed to click together really well.
The only disappointment, really, was that he confimed my hunch that I've unearthed just about all the published material available on the subject. But I think, since Bob has indicated his willingness to be available to answer questions, I can start writing with much more confidence. He told me little details that will be immensely helpful to make things seem realistic. The sound that the ice blocks make when they slide down the ramp and thump into another ice block, is like the sound between "d" and "t" in Russian; it's like the "t" sound in the word "cottage." That is the sort of detail you don't find in a book; you only get it from someone who knows everything about the subject.
I spent today writing up my notes from the interview. I didn't learn lots of new stuff, exactly, as much as confirm that I'm correct in how I've put together my understanding of what I've learned. All my reading made much of what he told me familiar.
Having him available to answer questions is really going to help, and will make me more confident.
Admit it, Peg. When you finish Icy Pleasures, you're gonna have to start writing again.
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