Ask the Author: Marie Keates
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Marie Keates
Usually I go for a long walk. Walking really helps me think, and if I can manage to walk in the setting I'm writing about, all the better.
Marie Keates
Creating a world filled with characters who begin to feel like real like friends, or sometimes enemies.
Marie Keates
Don't give up. The more you write the better you get.
Marie Keates
My work in progress is set in 1941, towards the end of the bombing of Southampton.
Marie Keates
A lot of my inspiration comes from local stories about the past, many found on local history groups.
Marie Keates
It was inspired by family history, my love of local history and my walks around the city of Southampton
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