5/17/2023 0 Comments Just a Dog by Michael Gerard BauerI was also motiva ted by the challenge of trying to tell a powerful story using only the simple language of an eleven year old boy. Mr Mosely isnt a pedigreed dog, but he is just the dog Corey and his family want: he is loyal, protective and loving. I became interes ted in maybe using some of them to write a dog story that would hopefully be something more than a dog story, about a dog, who though ordinary, was for his struggling, broken family, much more than just a dog. I also star ted to recall all the stories associa ted with the dogs our family owned when I was young – the funny stories, the weird stories, the happy stories and of course inevitably, the sad stories. A big, white dog – loyal, friendly and gentle – but just an ordinary dog. It was a big sounding name so I imagined a big dog. But the name stuck and it made me curious and I began to wonder what a dog called Mr Mosely might look like. I certainly wasn’t planning to write a story of a dog and we didn’t have a dog and we weren’t thinking of getting a dog. I’ve tried, but I can’t remember where it came from and I have no idea why I would have even been thinking of dog names. The idea for Just a Dog began one morning when I was out walking and for some reason the name ‘Mister Mosely’ for a dog came into my head. Thank you! Every novel I’ve written has always star ted out as some tiny thought or idea.
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