Ellen Alpsten, author of 'The Tsarina's Daughter' - Blending fact with fiction, what to research next, and writing extravagantly
Writer's Routine
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How to Write a Book in the Past
i did research for about a year before i dared to write the first word of darina my erstwhile debut that was published last year, and that is now out ina paper back. So i read everything. I watched russian movies, russian ark battleship potemkin. I read russian fairy tales because nothing allows you so much to dive into a people's nary as reading their fairy tales. And i love it how in the end, you know, the story teller always has a beard, and always his beard droops with honey. So it says, please reward the story tellers.
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