Cynthia

Cynthia asked L.E. Modesitt Jr.:

I am always fascinated by your detailed descriptions of the meals your characters eat. Do you cook yourself? I know it might be silly, but could there some day be a Recluse Cookbook? Maybe the recipe for Lace Potatoes to start! Thank you for many hours of enjoyable reading. I have read all of the Recluse, Corean, Spellsong and Imager series. I have enjoyed them all.

L.E. Modesitt Jr. I'm a fairly good cook, I think it's fair to say. My wife is a brilliant and outstanding cook, who, over the years, has compiled a considerable library of cookbooks -- they fill almost an entire wall in our kitchen.

As for a cookbook... I'm actually investigating that possibility, although it won't be just a Recluce cookbook. How could I leave out Johan Eschbach's Dutch specialties... or Seliora's Pharsi fare... or...

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Elaine Hicks

Elaine Hicks asked L.E. Modesitt Jr.:

I read somewhere that you said you like to write your worlds and societies with an understanding of how things came to be that way throughout history, not just as a point-in-time, this is how things are, way. I was curious if you plan to provide a glimpse into how the alectors in Corean Chronicles reached their peak? Because all we ever see is their society/race declining and declining with each world-leap.

Iain

Iain asked L.E. Modesitt Jr.:

I like the way you use the characters good hearing to pick up mutterings that explain a situation or enhance a dialogue. It's often said that writing good dialogue is the hardest thing for an author to do and I wondered whether this technique came naturally to you or evolved with practice ?

Stephen

Stephen asked L.E. Modesitt Jr.:

As a long time fan, especially of the Recluce novels, I have often wondered about your methods. My most pressing question: Just how much time you spend researching a character's occupation (metal working, wood working, etc) before putting pen to paper?

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