Ask the Author: Charity Bishop
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Charity Bishop
Ah yes! Those are three of my earlier novels and among my favorites. They are currently out of print, but I do plan to re-release them one of these days.
Charity Bishop
I hadn't actually heard about it, but it looks interesting so I'll read it one day.
Charity Bishop
She should have said not a chance in hell. If she had, she might still be alive.
Charity Bishop
Often, an idea comes from taking an interest in a historical figure, a moment in time, an event, or an individual moment I want to explore. I will get ideas like, "What would it be like to be married to a Nazi officer?" or "Could I write something to better define this historical figure's humanity?" With fan fiction, it's more "I feel this moment wasn't enough... can I step into it further?"
That is greater inspiration; daily writing is less inspiration and more dedication.
That is greater inspiration; daily writing is less inspiration and more dedication.
Charity Bishop
Narnia. I would step through a wardrobe, or a door, or a crack in time, find Aslan, and give him a giant hug.
Charity Bishop
I'm afraid that is out of print.
BUT... I'm delighted to announce that before the summer's end, you can read the first book in my TUDOR SERIES!!
The story opens with Katharine's arrival in England and her marriage to Prince Arthur. It unfurls amid the Earl of Suffolk's treasonous plot to dethrone King Henry.
Basically, one enormous book (Isabella's Daughter) has become probably a dozen books that will sprawl across the 1500's and introduce you to famous and lesser-known historical figures from the period... with a fictional twist. So stay tuned! :)
BUT... I'm delighted to announce that before the summer's end, you can read the first book in my TUDOR SERIES!!
The story opens with Katharine's arrival in England and her marriage to Prince Arthur. It unfurls amid the Earl of Suffolk's treasonous plot to dethrone King Henry.
Basically, one enormous book (Isabella's Daughter) has become probably a dozen books that will sprawl across the 1500's and introduce you to famous and lesser-known historical figures from the period... with a fictional twist. So stay tuned! :)
Charity Bishop
From myself.
Two years ago (!) I had the "brilliant" idea to revise my Katharine of Aragon novel, only to find out I didn't like condensing forty years into a single book; it went by too fast, left no room for character development, etc. So, I started rewriting different versions of the book, and finally wound up covering only a six month period, in order to flesh out the world and tell multiple stories in a single narrative.
Originally, I got the idea from studying Katharine after seeing her depiction in "The Tudors." Unfortunately, I now know so much about her, I can point out all the flaws in Showtimes' series... and then some.
Oh, well. That's life.
Two years ago (!) I had the "brilliant" idea to revise my Katharine of Aragon novel, only to find out I didn't like condensing forty years into a single book; it went by too fast, left no room for character development, etc. So, I started rewriting different versions of the book, and finally wound up covering only a six month period, in order to flesh out the world and tell multiple stories in a single narrative.
Originally, I got the idea from studying Katharine after seeing her depiction in "The Tudors." Unfortunately, I now know so much about her, I can point out all the flaws in Showtimes' series... and then some.
Oh, well. That's life.
Charity Bishop
A Tudor-era novel, which takes place over a six month period in 1501/1502, centered around Katharine of Aragon's arrival in England, coinciding with the Duke of Suffolk's scheme to dethrone Henry VII. There's murder, intrigue, assassins, espionage, daring midnight raids, interrogations, romance, a kidnapping, and a trunk that holds the clue to a dastardly identity.
Charity Bishop
Questions like this just aren't fair, because I don't have A favorite, I have lots of favorites -- Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe, Emma Woodhouse and Mr. Knightley, Lizzie and Darcy, even Monroe and Rosalee on the TV series "Grimm" (they are SO ADORABLE!!). Over the years, I've seen many couples come and go, some entering my heart forever, others for a season, but my criteria for a good relationship is that by being together, they become better people than they are apart.
Charity Bishop
Stop "aspiring" and write.
Practice makes you better. If you want to be a future great novelist, you must begin today. Start writing. Scraps of ideas, descriptions of things, sum up your day in a journal if that strikes your fancy. But you never "become" without "doing," and there's no time like now.
Practice makes you better. If you want to be a future great novelist, you must begin today. Start writing. Scraps of ideas, descriptions of things, sum up your day in a journal if that strikes your fancy. But you never "become" without "doing," and there's no time like now.
Charity Bishop
I get to live in a thousand different time periods, a thousand different lives, with a thousand different interactions and adventures, all from the safety and relative freedom of my own desk chair. I get to learn lots about bygone cultures, nurture relationships, confront evil, fight dragons both real and imagined, and try out new writing techniques. And, I get to brush shoulders with other writers, share ideas, trade books around, and just overall 'fangirl' over great literature with fellow creatives ... and that's lovely.
Charity Bishop
I did a search online and came up with this: The 8 Most Acclaimed Indian American Writers.
If you write a good book, you can get it published. :)
If you write a good book, you can get it published. :)
Charity Bishop
I go back to the point where the story was flowing, and take it in a new direction. That seems to get around the blocked section that was not working and free me of falling into repetitive thought patterns.
Charity Bishop
Much as I'd love to see the screen lit up with magical realism, probably "I, Claudia," because I have a special place in my heart for Ancient Rome, and it would be fun to see my Pilate on screen, since he's so different from most of the representations of him in cinema.
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