Goodreads asked Michael E. Dellert:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Michael E. Dellert As a whole, my writing is inspired by my studies of Irish myth, history, language, and culture, and by magnificent writers like Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Evangeline Walton, CJ Cherryh, Chris Bunch, and Glen Cook. Hedge King in Winter was specifically inspired by my interrogation of its main character, Lord Eowain, and the setting in which he lives. As I learned more about him, his family, and his homeland, the idea of exploring the consequences of a royal accident and a disputed succession emerged out of those circumstances.

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