Christina E. Pilz

Writing From The Inside Since January 13, 2013

Other Locations in Fagin’s Boy

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The setting for the story in Fagin’s Boy is pretty tight, moving from Chelsea in the east to the Three Cripples in the West, with Soho and the haberdashery in between, so I thought I’d include the rest of the locations I picked out. Mr. Brownlow’s townhouse, I determined, was located in close proximity to […]

Between the Haberdashery and The Three Cripples

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I’m all about location, location, location, and like to get as many details as close to realism as I possibly can. These locations in Fagin’s Boy can’t, of course, be real, since even Dickens’ London was an imaginary place, but I can get close. And besides, it’s fun to do the research! This post is about […]

I’d Do Anything For You, Dear, Anything

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Yesterday, June 11, 2015, Ron Moody passed away. This makes me quite sad in ways that I really am unable to discuss out loud. So I thought I’d write down some of those thoughts instead. For those of you who don’t know, Ron Moody was most famous for his role of Fagin, in both the London […]

Mean Tom Sawyer

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So, my writing friend and fellow camper Wendy has told me that before she begins a story, she carries around in her head the first line or so. As I understand it, this line repeats itself until she actually starts writing the story down. I could relate to this because something similar happens to me. […]