Had a fantastic night seeing Karen at The Collection in Lincoln. Her webpage for those not familiar with her work is: http://www.karenmaitland.co.uk/
She talked about her new book The Ravens Head but also The Vanishing Witch; of which I bought a copy, as it is set in Lincoln.
Her plots (she says) are character driven. Who they are, their role and their dilemmas drive the plot.
Usually after she has written the first third of the book, her characters become 'friends' and they take over! She 'knows' the personality and how they will behave....
She said that she types straight onto the computer in order to get it down as fast as she can, as if recording what she is seeing. She never edits the same day, but waits a day, and will only edit it once - as opposed to perfecting each page before moving on - and then she is back into the voice / mood for the next day to start writing again.
Just got to find some time to read it....
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