Ask the Author: B.G. Brainard
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B.G. Brainard
Immigrating to the United States as a child. Moving several times. Having no close extended family. A dire plot for the mystery in my life of a place to call home.
B.G. Brainard
Agatha Christie's detectives Tommy and Tuppence. They are a delightful couple who love solving mysteries with unmitigated joy in each other and those they help.
B.G. Brainard
I imagine the people, places, and situations that characters might have experienced in a given situation and then write what they tell me to the best of my ability.
B.G. Brainard
An historical novel set in post-exilic Israel.
B.G. Brainard
Find your passion. Write, and keep on writing.
B.G. Brainard
I primarily write historical fiction set in the ancient Near East. This allows me to learn about new palaces and spend time with people in the distant past. I have the privilege of experiencing how life might have been like for the characters and historical figures, along with what they learned, and what they wished they could have done differently.
B.G. Brainard
I really I don't get writer's block. Rather I get too little time to write block, which is hard but does provide a sense of urgency when I can make time to write.
B.G. Brainard
The idea for Babylon: Center of the World came to me in the form of a mathematical diagram with Yahweh, Marduk, and Ahura Mazda being points of a triangle. Where they intersected was the storyline for the Book of Daniel.
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