{"id":8945,"date":"2022-01-23T22:02:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T05:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pjmaclayne.com\/?p=8945"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:03:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T05:03:00","slug":"childhood-memories-in-my-stories-openbook-blog-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pjmaclayne.com\/?p=8945","title":{"rendered":"Childhood Memories in My Stories #OpenBook Blog Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jan 24, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do any of your characters have a favorite toy from their childhood? Do you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Easy answer to this question is no, I haven’t written childhood toys into any of my stories. But, as always, there’s a gotcha! Not toys, but Harmony, my librarian-turned-internet researcher, has many of her childhood books.<\/p>\n

I mention her collection of Nancy Drew in the stories, but she’s kept many other books as well. She’s got a copy of The Three Musketeers that was given to her by her uncle. A few of the James Bond books were added to her library when she was in high school.<\/p>\n

There’s one small section of a shelf with children’s stories. Dr. Seuss is there for sure, along with Where The Wild Things Are and many others.<\/p>\n

And it’s not a toy or a book, but Harmony also has her mother’s African Violet\u2014well, at least a plant that is several generations down from the original cutting. She’s kept it alive through crisis after crisis.<\/p>\n

And me?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I’ve still got a few things from my childhood, if you count high school. Coming from the middle a large family, most of our toys were passed down from one child to another as they were outgrown, just like our clothes. I never was attached to dolls or stuffed animals and had no desire to keep them. I’ve held onto a magnetic chess\/checkers set I used to take to school, although I never played seriously, and a few books I claimed as my own from the shelves in the attic. (I may have previously mentioned the Narnia books I ‘borrowed’ from one of my brothers and never returned.) And I still have some of the embroidery thread that was my grandmother’s. (I know, it probably is unusable.)<\/p>\n

I’d love to hear what childhood toys or belongings you’ve held on to. Tell us in the comments if you like.<\/p>\n

This is the part where I suggest you check out the posts from the other authors on this hop and see what toys their characters might have. Just follow the links below.<\/p>\n

As always, until next time, please stay safe.<\/p>\n

Jan 24, 2022<\/p>\n

Do any of your characters have a favorite toy from their childhood? Do you?<\/p>\n

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