Many thanks to Mary Todd, author of UNRAVELLED, for interviewing me on her blog today.
Ruth Hull Chatlien started following A Writer of History a few months ago. She’s been an encouraging voice as I blog about historical fiction, my latest survey and aspects of my own writing. Today she talks about her writing and a novel with an enticing title The Ambitious Madame Bonaparte, about the wife of Napoleon’s younger brother, Jerome.
Why did you choose to write historical fiction? For the last 25 years, I have worked as an editor and writer in educational publishing, concentrating on social studies—particularly U.S. history, world history, and world geography. I also wrote literary fiction and had several short stories and poems published in literary journals. In addition, I have three unpublished novels tucked away in my filing cabinet; generally, I received good feedback on the writing, but they were very personal books without a clear marketing niche, so I wasn’t able to place…
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Very interesting, Ruth.
What a great interview! (and how great that you’re getting interviewed!)
Plus, good show on the little tease about your next novel. Sounds great 😉
Thanks, Jen. One thing I enjoyed about the experience was that the questions made me think.