It's Thursday! Where's Elizabeth?

Apparently on Thursdays I have a subconscious desire to take over everyone's Google Readers with my posts. :) This is the second Thursday in a row that I'm writing for 4 different blogs (I'm counting this one.)

First up, I'm at Diane Wolfe's excellent Spunk on a Stick blog, where I'm posting on writing settings—should you choose a real place or a fictitious one? If you choose an actual location, should you choose a town you live in? If not, how do you research your setting?

I'm also at...