Mitch Kable

Mitch Kable asked Mark Lawrence:

Hi Mark, I just finished Red Sister, and thought it was great. It's so different from your first two trilogies, yet just as powerful and enjoyable. Arse kissing aside, I was wondering if you ever write while drunk? Do you find it helps or hinders your creative ability? Thanks! And now I'm off to read Grey Sister.

Mark Lawrence I don't! I only drink on Friday nights and when I do I never feel the urge to write.

I know Stephen King wrote entire books while drunk. Hemmingway too I think. If I recall correctly King said he has no memory of writing Cujo because he was so drunk while writing it.

He's now a teetotaller, I believe.

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Grace

Grace asked Mark Lawrence:

I absolutely love the Book of the Ancestor trilogy! I was wondering how you came to name Sister Kettle? Is it possibly a nod to the Kettle in Robin Hobb's Farseer realm? I read the two series back-to-back, and have since named my latest D&D character Kettle. :)

Steve Kimmins

Steve Kimmins asked Mark Lawrence:

Looking to the future are you tempted to write anything that’d fall more into the Horror category? You seem to enjoy Stephen King, for example. I think there’s often not much difference between darker, realistic, fantasy and the horror genre. Maybe the main difference is the world in which it’s set, with ‘conventional horror’ being more contemporary, in our world?

Lynn

Lynn asked Mark Lawrence:

Your Broken Empire series is a huge hit in my school's library, voted by our book club as a must read for all. Can you settle an argument please - is the next title in the series 'Librarian of Thorns'? I personally think that would totally rock. Thanks for writing such fabulous books - all the best from her Imperial Highness Grand Masterflash Librarian, OBHS, Dunedin, NZ

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