Ask the Author: Jessica Brockmole
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Jessica Brockmole
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Jessica Brockmole
I love the adventure of starting a new novel, of meeting characters and seeing where their journeys take them. AT THE EDGE OF SUMMER is more of a coming-of-age story than LETTERS FROM SKYE. My main characters, Luc and Clare, grow from idealistic teenagers to adults in the midst of WWI. I am not a plotter, so every first draft is an exercise in discovery and it's always fun to see which characters are battered down by the conflicts I throw their way and which characters grow stronger and rise above the dark moments. I can get just as wrapped up in a story while writing as I do while reading!
And thank you! I'm so happy that you enjoyed reading Luc and Clare's story as much as I enjoyed writing it!
And thank you! I'm so happy that you enjoyed reading Luc and Clare's story as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Jessica Brockmole
What an interesting question! I think Elspeth would be impressed, among other things, by the e-reader. With the eagerness she welcomed books into her little personal library, I think she'd have loved to have an e-reader (and, since we're imagining here, we'll give her excellent WiFi to download whatever she wants). I can imagine her hiking all over Skye with an untapped library in her pocket. Can't you?
And Margaret? I think she would be more impressed with some of the ways society has changed. I can see her embracing the greater opportunities open to women, especially when it comes to education and career. I'm sure she'd be delighted at the speed of travel these days and how she could explore further corners of the world in relative affordability.
And Margaret? I think she would be more impressed with some of the ways society has changed. I can see her embracing the greater opportunities open to women, especially when it comes to education and career. I'm sure she'd be delighted at the speed of travel these days and how she could explore further corners of the world in relative affordability.
Jessica Brockmole
I am working on a new project, which is taking me to the U.S. in the first half of the 20th century.
Jessica Brockmole
No film deals yet, but the Isle of Skye would make a gorgeous backdrop!
Jessica Brockmole
My next novel, AT THE EDGE OF SUMMER, is due out in May 2016, but you won't have to wait that long to read something new! I have a novella coming out in the WWI anthology FALL OF POPPIES in March. Both the novella and the novel take us to France during World War I.
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