My protagonist, Jill, in my new multidimensional novel “Norman in the Painting” is a fan of Norman Rockwell. She falls in love with a man in a Rockwell style painting who appears from another dimension. As in most romance mysteries, obstacles block their way in being together.
An old friend of hers has to move to Idaho and offers Jill a Norman Rockwell poster. I chose the one I’ve added in this post. Like Jill, I admire Norman Rockwell paintings too and I enjoy the research to find the right pictures as I go along with the plot.
Do you have a favorite Norman Rockwell painting?
Have you experimented with Google free images to find what your characters look like or paintings that are in the story’s setting or an environment where the characters live? I find looking for images inspirational, maybe you will too.
Julaina Kleist-Corwin 
What a great premise for a book. I can’t wait to read it. I’ve always thought Normal Rockwell paintings were fun, but I’ll be looking at them more closely now and thinking of Jill.
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Thanks, Julie. I’m on chapter 11 so I’ll be posting snippets now and then. When it’s finished maybe you’d like to be one of my beta readers?
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Love the picture, Julaina. Watch out, though — it’s real easy to get hooked on image-searching instead of writing. Trust me, I’m an addict!!
On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 9:38 PM, timetowritenow wrote:
> timetowritenow posted: “My protagonist, Jill, in my new > multidimensional novel “Norman in the Painting” is a fan of Norman > Rockwell. She falls in love with a man in a Rockwell style painting who > appears from another dimension. As in most romance mysteries, obstacles > block their “
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Hi Ladywinfred,
You are right. It’s easy to spend hours looking at images. Same with Pinterest. There’s so many wonderful pictures in this world.
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My favorite Norman Rockwell painting is “The Doctor and the Doll.” My framed copy is more than 25 years old.
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That’s a good one, Vi.You’re Lucky to have it.
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