Année

Année asked Jo Baker:

I have not yet read A Country Road, A Tree, but I loved Longbourn. What sort of historical research do you conduct for your books?

Jo Baker it goes in phases - a wide historical reading, to set the work in context for the period, and then detail to do with the specific story and characters. And then afterwards, once you've got a draft the story written, you then have to go and research all the stuff that it turns out you'll need to know, but didn't realise you needed to know until you'd written the story. Like how to make a phonecall in the 1940s, or what meals were served and at what time of day in the 1800s...

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The asked Jo Baker:

Hello Jo i just want to know how to become a true good writer?

Carlymor

Carlymor asked Jo Baker:

HI, Having read Longbourn, I am curious as to whether you relate more to the Jane Austen works, or to those that relate more to social issues? Longbourn shows the life below the stairs. Is this type of below the stairs issue or social mores more important to you?

Barbara Schlichting

Barbara Schlichting asked Jo Baker:

I have had an English penpal for over fifty years, and she lives on the Isle of Wight. Last summer I spent two weeks with her and we traveled about to Baths and Stratford-Upon-Avon. She wouldn't drive. My question has nothing to do with writing. I'm curious, but does the younger generation drive? Chris will drive on the island but not off of it. What are your thoughts?

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