I remember being at a book talk once where an author dismissed allĬharacters as fabrications. Thread, I might as well admit that I find it hard to believe that my charactersĪren’t real. Kate, or Jack, are walking along beside me! Whilst in this slightly barmy Spend some time with them outside of writing. When I feel that I don’t know a character well enough, I try to Just underneath the surface, would Seed still be a mini-utopia? Or is suchĪ thing possible at all? Would unnatural control always find a way of seeping
Is it right to live like this, cut-off from society, even ifĮveryone is so happy? Without the dark undercurrents brushing Peaceful, life seemed simple and uncomplicated. I loved spending time there - it was beautiful, It for the first time and it was so exciting to find out what would happenĪn idyllic place to live. Knew where she was going and I didn’t have to plot.
Maybe she knew that through my pen was her escape.īook aside and I let Pearl write. She watched me as I wrote, peeping out from behindĬorners. I was happily ensconced in writing another book, about 12,000 words in, when Pearl appearedĪnd wouldn’t leave me alone. People often ask me what inspired Seed, what the thought process was behind writing it.
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