Ask the Author: Livi Michael
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Livi Michael
Tweedle dee and tweedledum - always felt there were unexplored possibilities for a story there! Who's yours?
Livi Michael
Hi Shan - thank you so much for the lovely review. I used histories written by Alison Weir and John Gillingham, both of which are just called The Wars of the Roses, and also a book by Desmond Seward also called The Wars of the Roses: through the eyes of Five Men and Women. any of these is an excellent introduction to the period, which i know is complicated! I hope you enjoy Rebellion - Accession is out later this year, and hopefully everything should be clear by then...Once again thank you for taking the trouble to write.
Livi Michael
Hi - it is roughly based on the Mappa Mundi of which there is a copy in the John Rylands library Manchester and in the British Library, London. But also when I was writing Succession there was a BBC4 series on the history of mapping & I acquired a book about the fabulous tales told by early explorers! Really interesting question, thank you - because it did become a central theme of the novels - the changing world!
Livi Michael
Advice given in Dorothea Brande's book from the 1930's - write first thing in the morning before anything else happens & before your critical brain kicks in.
Livi Michael
When I write I forget about everything else - including myself.
Livi Michael
Don't give up! Be patient and try to write every day.
Livi Michael
The sequel to Succession
Livi Michael
Almost always by real events - truth being stranger than fiction etc.!
Livi Michael
In Manchester Cathedral. There are 14 angels in the ceiling, said to have been donated by Margaret Beaufort and I just wanted to find out who she was.
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