Pat Kennedy
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Jacqueline Winspear:
I am intrigued by Maisie's daily meditation practice and how it assists her in solving crimes. Do you have experience with meditation and does it help you with your creativity?
Jacqueline Winspear
To answer in general terms - yes, I have experience of meditation, though it is not something I do with any regularity (often when I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with travel, I will take a quiet time in my hotel room to center myself and become grounded). I have no doubt that it is an enormous contributor to creativity, if for no other reason that it calms the mind and allows the creative soul to emerge. And we're more likely to pay attention to our ideas if we are in a quiet space. I would say I am more of a daydreamer than a meditator, though there are some who would say it's the same thing.
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wonderwomand
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Jacqueline Winspear:
Maisie Dobbs is one of my favorite characters. In the preview for In This Grave Hour, we meet a character again from one of your earlier Maisie books - I think it was the Secret Agent book. Question: Did you already have an idea about writing In This Grave Hour when you wrote the Maisie book about Maisie taking a teaching position at University to find out something for the British government?
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