Andy Livingstone
Apologies for the huge delay in answering - I just discovered that there were questions that had been asked!
The most recent book was the culmination of a trilogy, so I already knew the basic plot. This, however, changes as I write it - the characters and the events they experience give me new ideas and they take the story in unexpected directions.
In general, I love ancient history but have an atrocious memory, so I soak up loads of knowledge and then promptly forget most of it. It would make me an awful historical novelist but gives me a good basis for the cultures in my books and lets me play with bits and pieces of real cultures from our world when I am building my own world.
The most recent book was the culmination of a trilogy, so I already knew the basic plot. This, however, changes as I write it - the characters and the events they experience give me new ideas and they take the story in unexpected directions.
In general, I love ancient history but have an atrocious memory, so I soak up loads of knowledge and then promptly forget most of it. It would make me an awful historical novelist but gives me a good basis for the cultures in my books and lets me play with bits and pieces of real cultures from our world when I am building my own world.
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