Ginny
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Jacqueline Winspear:
This is your most powerful writing. The way you look at life will be forever etched in my mind. [Not enough space allowed for the entire quote.] "For her part, Maisie knew that each day had to be taken as it came, and to do her work she must be flexible, to move the fabric of time as one might if sewing a difficult seam she had to break down time itself.... was this based from personal observation or experiences?
Jacqueline Winspear
Oh dear, that's a difficult question to answer - really, I just write - I don't plan exactly what I am going to write each day, only the rough scenes. The rest just comes to mind and ends up on the page. And of course, everyone has life experiences to draw upon, so as a writer I just have to trust that the best of what I have learned comes out in some way.
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Patti
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Jacqueline Winspear:
One of the many take always for me from your intriguing Maize Dobbs is her intuitive sense of mimicking someone's gait in order for her to better empathize with the person. I think empathize is what I mean. It's brilliant! I wanted to thank you for that and ask how you came about developing that tidbit in her investigatory premise as well as other " very Maize" investigation techniques?
ZENmama
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Jacqueline Winspear:
Hello Jacqueline, I am so thrilled to have this opportunity, thank you! My question is about Maisie: While she has some insecurities and makes some decisions fueled by those emotions, she seem to have no actual human vices (yet is still very complex/developed!). Is her character designed to reflect the morés of women in her class of British society at the time, or is her "self-actualization" a writing strategy?
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