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Goodreads asked Jacqueline Winspear:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Jacqueline Winspear I am going to take this question as the last today - I have gone over on time!! I have never had writer's block. I don't have the patience with myself to go through it - and here's why: I believe I am incredibly fortunate to have been raised in a free country, and now live in a free country where - in the main - I am at liberty to write what I want and when I want. There is no one trying to stop me. I am not a young girl in Pakistan, for example, attacked for daring to express myself. I am not living in a country where people would kill me to silence me - therefore, I am free to have a voice. I do not take that freedom lightly, especially having visited places where women, in particular, do not have that freedom. I'm not going to waste it by having a block of any kind - so I just work. I might not feel a zap of inspiration when I first sit down, but sometimes you just have to write and trust that it will come. I write knowing I can revise, that I can come back to my words, my dialogue, my narrative, and I can write again. I have the freedom to do all of that, and am feel very blessed indeed.
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Rosanne
Rosanne asked Jacqueline Winspear:

Not a question?, a statement. Maisie Dobb's series of books are the BEST I've ever read. I managed to read the entire 11 books in 3 weeks - could not put them down. I now have #12 on order through Amazon. Thank you SO much for this amazing series.

Lindy MacLaine
Lindy MacLaine asked Jacqueline Winspear:

I'm a huge Maisie Hobbs fan—I have so much respect for you as the author! When I talk about the books to others, I tell them what attracts me most; what I consider the "spiritual nature" of the books. I mean the way Maisie's cases always have an aspect that teaches her about her own life and how she needs to grow. I never see this mentioned in other reviews. I wonder if you would identify the quality that way, or not?

Barbara H.
Barbara H. asked Jacqueline Winspear:

What inspired you to write the Maisie Dobbs series? Is Maisie modeled after somebody that you have known? The way in which your characters continue to develop in each new book is really what makes them so compelling. Are they representative of people that you know are simply characters that you have created out of thin air?!

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