Jocelyn
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Jennifer A. Nielsen:
How did you come up with the idea for the books Rescue and Words On Fire? I love them. Also, did you do research to know so much about what happened in those time periods, or did you already know a lot?
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Both books have different origin stories - you can read a lot about them on my blog (jennielsen.com/blog) but the basic answer is that I love history so I'm constantly on the watch for great stories that took place in history, or time periods that interest me and make me want to learn more.
Before beginning research, I knew very little or even less than that. So as always with my historicals, I do tons of research before beginning to write, to be sure that what I am writing about is the way that time in history really was. To do anything less would be to cheat my reader.
Thanks for asking!
Before beginning research, I knew very little or even less than that. So as always with my historicals, I do tons of research before beginning to write, to be sure that what I am writing about is the way that time in history really was. To do anything less would be to cheat my reader.
Thanks for asking!
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Mahitha
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Jennifer A. Nielsen:
Hi, Mrs. Nielsen! I really like your writing, it's one of the reasons why I have wanted to become an author! I have a question—since one Garlin (in The Ascendance Series) is the national currency in Carthya, what would it be if it were converted to a US dollar? Thank you! :)
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