I do enjoy your 'chat' mgaft1. It is such a privilege to be helping someone improve their vocabulary while they are enjoying themselves.
I wonder if you are aware how perspicacious (aware, sharp, intelligent) your comments are.
You are using words in an unusual way that work. How daring you are to say some of my words are 'quite delicious'.
Usually used, as I'm sure you know, for food but in this cheeky sense it works describing good words as good enough to eat!
Every thing I use in my writing has been experienced by me in my quite long life. I retired from teaching English some years ago and I remember details quite well. I adore stories that other people tell me and sometimes I borrow or at least I'm inspired by what they tell me.
So I combine many different bits and pieces from books I've read, good magazines (and the odd bit of rubbish!) but mostly from my own experience.
I have done quite a lot of public speaking and making up speeches makes one do research and talk to interesting people.
In short I'm fascinated by life and enjoy putting my ideas down.
One big thing:
once I've got the story down (often life lessons in story form) I read, edit, check so that usually I am satisfied that the story flows and it is easy for the reader to follow.
You have paid me the extraordinary compliment of telling me that I have succeeded.
Thanks a million.
I'm posting something especially for you today. I have been thinking of WORDS and how to bring them alive. I hope that you read it.