Ask the Author: Eleanor Kuhns
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Eleanor Kuhns
What a tough question. I still haven't come up with an answer.
Eleanor Kuhns
I would Like to go to Ancient Crete. I have always been fascinated by the bull leaping and I would love to see it.
Eleanor Kuhns
First of all, Thank You!
Yes, I have number 6 ready to go ( and drafts of 7 and 8). I lost my publisher so my agent is on the hunt for another one. It a very time consuming process.
Yes, I have number 6 ready to go ( and drafts of 7 and 8). I lost my publisher so my agent is on the hunt for another one. It a very time consuming process.
Eleanor Kuhns
What a great question.
For fiction I have Conviction by Julia Dahl, The shattered Tree by Charles Todd, Or the Bull Kills you by Jason Webster, Beastly Things by Donna Leon and Bull from the Sea by Mary Renault. (That will probably take me through the second week of June. Since I work in a library I usually read a lot of the new stuff as well.
And since research never ends, I am currently reading In Small Things Forgotten by James Deetz.
Thanks for asking.
For fiction I have Conviction by Julia Dahl, The shattered Tree by Charles Todd, Or the Bull Kills you by Jason Webster, Beastly Things by Donna Leon and Bull from the Sea by Mary Renault. (That will probably take me through the second week of June. Since I work in a library I usually read a lot of the new stuff as well.
And since research never ends, I am currently reading In Small Things Forgotten by James Deetz.
Thanks for asking.
Eleanor Kuhns
Well, if I wrote something from my life, it wouldn't be a mystery. I've lived a life of almost sickening virtue. And now I'm a librarian in a small affluent library in upstate New York. I guess I would have to imagine someone stealing one of our local history materials.
What an interesting question. I really had to ponder my answer and I discovered I've really had a pretty boring life.
What an interesting question. I really had to ponder my answer and I discovered I've really had a pretty boring life.
Eleanor Kuhns
Good question. I think you are smart to have picked that up.
I try to play fair and plant clues so people can guess. But I also operate under the assumption that something has to be repeated a few times before it is remembered. Rees wouldn't have known how important that information was and so would not necessarily have recalled it.
I am so glad you asked.
I try to play fair and plant clues so people can guess. But I also operate under the assumption that something has to be repeated a few times before it is remembered. Rees wouldn't have known how important that information was and so would not necessarily have recalled it.
I am so glad you asked.
Eleanor Kuhns
I was just wondering today if someone would pick this up. You got caught in an editorial mess. As I wrote them, this is the year order: A Simple Murder - 1796. Death of a Dyer - 1796. Cradle to Grave, Death in Salem, and the new one, A Devil's Cold Dish, all 1797. Cradle to Grave is winter, to early spring, Death in Salem is June, and the new one is summer. By the time I saw the changed dates on the jacket blurb, no less, it was too late to change the date. Sorry for the confusion. I am so glad you wrote in.
Eleanor Kuhns
I had to think about this for a little while so good question. I think I am more vulnerable in my writing. There are no filters between my inner life and the written page. Many of the emotional experiences my characters live are drawn from events in my own life that have bothered me. Plus, my writing is like my baby except, since it is drawn from my mind, I don't see my writing as other. It is all me.
In my personal life, even with my nearest and dearest, they are still other - individuals in their own right, so I am not quite so sensitive.
In my personal life, even with my nearest and dearest, they are still other - individuals in their own right, so I am not quite so sensitive.
Eleanor Kuhns
I will. The fourth will be out in June ( and there will be a giveaway for that one too) and the fifth is now with my agent. I have lots of ideas, not all with the Shakers but I will be returning to them often.
Eleanor Kuhns
Never give up. It took me years to get published.
Eleanor Kuhns
So far I have not had writer;s block. My problem, as a working librarian with many commitments, is finding the time necessary to write.
Eleanor Kuhns
The feeling that I finally am doing what I was born to do: tell stories.
Eleanor Kuhns
Will Rees number 5, currently titled "A Cold dish of Murder". I felt I had to wrap up the issues with Rees's sister and brother-in-law.
Eleanor Kuhns
For me, writing is like breathing. I have always done it. I write every day.
Eleanor Kuhns
When I was researching Death of a dyer, I came across some references to the Poor Laws in the United States. I began researching that topic and found a reference to wet nursing.
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