Ask the Author: T.M. Carter
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T.M. Carter
Stephen,
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T.M. Carter
I found inspiration for my debut novel while traveling with my family along Spain’s Mediterranean coastal roads. These highways were dotted by historic castles and ancient ruins. I drove my family south from Barcelona to Granada, stopping at the Castle of Peniscola, where I learned about the Templar Knights. In Granada, my family and I visited the Alhambra, an ancient Moorish fortress. The grandeur of the medieval castles mingling with the ornate Moorish architecture created a tapestry of ideas for me. As an avid historian, I melded these ideas into a historical fiction that has relevance in today’s modern world.
T.M. Carter
Like most, the advice that I can give is to write for enjoyment and most importantly read, read and read...
T.M. Carter
Inspiration comes to me throughout the day, but I write at night because, for me, writing is for fun. I enjoy it. These thoughts and ideas coalesce like ingredients in a delicious meal and by night I hunger to serve them.
T.M. Carter
Freedom of expression through writing, world building from the depths of imagination, a release of emotion at the touch of a keyboard or stroke of a pen...these are what I believe are the best thing about being a writer.
T.M. Carter
I am currently working on the second novel. At this moment, I am writing on Chapter XI, where we find our protagonist, William de Scotia, in Rome. I planned to write 13 chapters for this novel but...
T.M. Carter
I read. If I find myself unable to write, I try to find another pleasant distraction through research and reading.
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