Jessica Sims
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Jacqueline Winspear:
I absolutely adore Maisie and her world! I love the characters, the details, and the obvious research and care you put into each book. I’m curious, how many drafts do you typically write before you send a novel to your publisher? I’m an aspiring author myself, and fascinated by the inner workings of those I admire!
Jacqueline Winspear
This is where I fess up. I write my story and send it to my editor. Given the amount of work I do, I write very deeply, and by the time I finish the novel, the deadline is upon me. This is not usual, but it works for me and my editor. I should add that by the time I start to write, I know where I'm going and how I'm going to get there - much of the book is written in my head. After my editor receives the books, I do two more revisions, and then the book goes into copyediting. And I never, ever revise as I go along - that really is not a good idea.
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Susan
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Jacqueline Winspear:
Like all of us here, I love this series and how you have brought one of my favorite historical periods to life. With the next installment coming, I've been thinking about Maisie's getting married and pregnant and then tragically losing it all. Was this part of the storyline all along or did you feel that maybe the feint at a conventional life was not right for Maisie after all?
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