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The Coolhunt
By Tristan Bancks - April 13, 2011
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I woke up this morning inside my book.
Let me explain.
I wrote a Middle-Grade book called 'Mac Slater vs. The City' and it's set in New York. It's out this week. I wrote it in a small beach town on the other side of the world. East Coast Australia. An ex-hippy town called Byron Bay.
For research and inspiration I used photos and video and mad jottings from a previous visit to NYC years before. Before I ever knew I'd write a book, let alone one set in New York. I used dozens of books on NY and Google Maps Street View and the Times Square live webcams to make me feel close to the city as I wrote.
And in some wild act of synchronicity the book and its predecessor, 'Mac Slater Hunts the Cool' found a New York publisher.
Now, here I am, drinking Starbucks, watching amazing (and not so amazing) skaters on the Rockefeller Centre ice rink as I write this to you. And I'm about to embark on my own NYC coolhunt and retrace the steps of my character, Mac Slater.
So I woke up this morning inside my book.
And it felt good.
www.macslater.com
www.tristanbancks.com
Let me explain.
I wrote a Middle-Grade book called 'Mac Slater vs. The City' and it's set in New York. It's out this week. I wrote it in a small beach town on the other side of the world. East Coast Australia. An ex-hippy town called Byron Bay.
For research and inspiration I used photos and video and mad jottings from a previous visit to NYC years before. Before I ever knew I'd write a book, let alone one set in New York. I used dozens of books on NY and Google Maps Street View and the Times Square live webcams to make me feel close to the city as I wrote.
And in some wild act of synchronicity the book and its predecessor, 'Mac Slater Hunts the Cool' found a New York publisher.
Now, here I am, drinking Starbucks, watching amazing (and not so amazing) skaters on the Rockefeller Centre ice rink as I write this to you. And I'm about to embark on my own NYC coolhunt and retrace the steps of my character, Mac Slater.
So I woke up this morning inside my book.
And it felt good.
www.macslater.com
www.tristanbancks.com
