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The anatomy of a town: dreaming up characters and shaping a plot were relatively easy, but conjuring up a whole town? That took thought.

Publication: Black Issues Book Review
Publication Date: 01-SEP-05 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: The anatomy of a town: dreaming up characters and shaping a plot were relatively easy, but conjuring up a whole town? That took thought.(the writing life)

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Once I determined that Lemon City (Strives Row/One World, August 2004) would be a humorous murder mystery, and the story would revolve around the members of the Dunlap family; the question that remained was, where would the story take place? What would my characters environment be? How would this community shape their lives? That was the beginning of my drawing the plans for the blueprint to build Lemon City. Little did I know that I would spend as much time developing this town as I devoted to my characters.

When I asked myself these questions, images of Harlem's Hotel Theresa and Carter Savings Bank immediately came to mind, along with those of other black businesses that no longer exist. I saw Lou Borders Resort in the Catskills with its leftover ghosts r and neglected grounds, remnants of a once vibrant, lively period when African Americans brought bellyaching laughter to the property as often as they booked their annual reservations. Many of these black businesses that were successful under segregation because black people had no op I thought to revive the kind of community that African Americans once had; one that was successful and prosperous, a fictitious place I came to call Lemon City.

Once I decided Lemon City would be...

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