Write in the Moment by Maressa Mortimer
Wednesday evening, I finished my first historical novel. It’s not very long, more a novella, and it’s actually far from finished, and as I sat back on the sofa celebrating with Goldie (as I’m in our caravan in Somerset by myself for a few days,) I thought about what was so different this time. I realised the most important difference is that this is the first ever book I planned ahead. I knew what would happen, and yes, there were the odd characters suddenly popping up out of the woodworks, but no major plot twists and surprises for me. As it’s a historical novel, I was drowning in research, and didn’t want to get halfway through the story, realising that I had no idea what the scene should look like. I was planning to start this novel whilst on the writing retreat in Scotland, so I wanted to get as much research done beforehand as I could, as I find research so intriguing that five hours pass without me even blinking. So the storyline was set, there were scenes I had imagine...