Lane Everett's Blog - Posts Tagged "q-and-a"
Top Five Questions I’ve gotten about A Northern Gentleman -- including answers!
Question 1:
You have a full time job -- how did you find the time to write a novel?
I wish I could say that I had a strict writing schedule but I didn’t. Sometimes I would block off time over the lunch hour, as if I had a lunch meeting with book. Sometimes I would find chunks of time during travel or on weekends. Sometimes I would task myself with writing 100 words a day for a month -- and then I would put it down for several weeks, exhausted by meeting the challenge. So, my writing wasn’t regular, but I did prioritize forward progress and that made finding time to write a fun challenge in itself.
Question 2:
Why is it called A Northern Gentleman? He’s not even from the north!
He’s not, and now that you mention it, he’s not really much of a gentleman when it comes down to it. I love stories with twists and turns and this one is certainly full of ironies.
Question 3:
How did you do research to write a story that takes place in 1890?
I can’t imagine how much harder it was to write historical fiction before the existence of Google making the world’s information discoverable! Google was invaluable in the process. I would Google details as small as “what did coffee smell like in the 1890s” and be pointed to blogs that could answer that question. I also read a few books - but most of my research was internet based.
Question 4:
Is there a book club discussion guide?
Yes! A book club discussion guide is up on my site. Please reach out to my through the contact page on my site if your book club would like to buy discounted copies.
Question 5:
Are you working on another novel? Is it a sequel?
Yes, I’m working on another novel! It’s similar to A Northern Gentleman in that it’s another expression of an “All American” story and its foundation is historical rather than taking place in current times. But whereas A Northern Gentleman is an epic journey, this is more of a love-story-meets-mystery. I think of it as a combination between the romantic journey in the movie When Harry Met Sally, the nostalgia of the television show The Wonder Years and the recurring check-ins that are in a device in the novel and movie One Day or the movie This Time Next Year, starring Alan Alda. I hope it will be published in 2017.
You have a full time job -- how did you find the time to write a novel?
I wish I could say that I had a strict writing schedule but I didn’t. Sometimes I would block off time over the lunch hour, as if I had a lunch meeting with book. Sometimes I would find chunks of time during travel or on weekends. Sometimes I would task myself with writing 100 words a day for a month -- and then I would put it down for several weeks, exhausted by meeting the challenge. So, my writing wasn’t regular, but I did prioritize forward progress and that made finding time to write a fun challenge in itself.
Question 2:
Why is it called A Northern Gentleman? He’s not even from the north!
He’s not, and now that you mention it, he’s not really much of a gentleman when it comes down to it. I love stories with twists and turns and this one is certainly full of ironies.
Question 3:
How did you do research to write a story that takes place in 1890?
I can’t imagine how much harder it was to write historical fiction before the existence of Google making the world’s information discoverable! Google was invaluable in the process. I would Google details as small as “what did coffee smell like in the 1890s” and be pointed to blogs that could answer that question. I also read a few books - but most of my research was internet based.
Question 4:
Is there a book club discussion guide?
Yes! A book club discussion guide is up on my site. Please reach out to my through the contact page on my site if your book club would like to buy discounted copies.
Question 5:
Are you working on another novel? Is it a sequel?
Yes, I’m working on another novel! It’s similar to A Northern Gentleman in that it’s another expression of an “All American” story and its foundation is historical rather than taking place in current times. But whereas A Northern Gentleman is an epic journey, this is more of a love-story-meets-mystery. I think of it as a combination between the romantic journey in the movie When Harry Met Sally, the nostalgia of the television show The Wonder Years and the recurring check-ins that are in a device in the novel and movie One Day or the movie This Time Next Year, starring Alan Alda. I hope it will be published in 2017.
