What does a “writing day’ look like for you? But I had no interest in it when I was young-if you’d have told me back then that I’d grow up to be a writer, I’d have thought you’d lost your mind! Just goes to show you never know where you’ll end up. I always find doing research valuable the details really help bring the books to life.ĭid you always want to be a writer? Is it a full-time job for you? Fortunately, we have a lot of good first-hand accounts from that time, especially of the plague (the best of which is A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe). I read many, many different books, drawing as much as I could from them. How did you do your research to find out what life was like in the Middle Ages in general, and for apothecaries and The Plague specifically? Ī lot of time in and out of libraries. Basically, it was too good a time to pass up! I chose 1660s London specifically because it was such a rich time of plots, conspiracies, and secrets, as enemies struggled against each other for power. Where did you get your idea to write about a boy in the Middle Ages? įrom my research.
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