Using Your Hometown to Set the Mood

Join me in welcoming Ann Ambrosio who shares her love for setting as character in writing. Thank you for inviting me to your blog, Terry. The location of your story can set the mood and I like to "feel" the place before I write about it. I grew up in the Saratoga Springs, New York area and naturally place much emotion there; that's why I like to have Saratoga as a setting for a story. I'd like to