Ask the Author: Moira Taylor
Answered Questions (9)
Moira Taylor
Young man is mis-identified as a murderer, put on trial and convicted. He spends the rest of his life in an institution. True story.
Moira Taylor
I'd quite like to accompany one of my forebears on a voyage to South America in the 1840s to see if my non-fictional account of their lives is reasonably accurate and to see if we share any character traits. I'd be keeping the logbook, noting birds seen, disasters avoided, encounters with new races.
Moira Taylor
The Illustrated Pepys, edited by Robert Latham
Memoirs of Hadrian, Marguerite Yourcenar
The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World, Peter Frankopan
Groucho Letters: Letters to and from Groucho Marx
Memoirs of Hadrian, Marguerite Yourcenar
The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World, Peter Frankopan
Groucho Letters: Letters to and from Groucho Marx
Moira Taylor
I'm working on getting a website up and running and getting Sailors, Settlers and Sinners into libraries and, hopefully, bookshops. Since the subject spans two countries predominantly - Britain and New Zealand - and, along the way, many more, I'm hoping it will have a life in both countries, if not the world. I see a copy has been bought in Germany and one in Japan.
Moira Taylor
Keep reading, keep doing. You may be blocked for a very good reason. You may have gone down a route which is unsatisfactory. It may be your unconscious telling you: this does NOT work.
Moira Taylor
Solving the problems your subject presents to you.
Moira Taylor
Keep at it! Don't give up.
Moira Taylor
Inspiration usually comes from my reading or simply observation.
Moira Taylor
The idea came from my family history. Once I began to research it properly and retrieved family letters over three generations (I was lucky!) everything fell into place. To understand the letters and the period I had to do a lot of research into social, political and maritime history.
About Goodreads Q&A
Ask and answer questions about books!
You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Reader Q&A, or ask your favorite author a question with Ask the Author.
See Featured Authors Answering Questions
Learn more