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Juliet Waldron interview
This interview with Juliet Waldron, author of Mozart's Wife and Independent
Heart, was first published in September 2007.
Where were
you born and raised?
Born in
Ohio, US, but raised in Finger Lakes area of New York State, Cornwall, UK,
and Barbados, in what was then B.W.I. I passed A levels before returning
to a US college.
What was
it that first got you into writing and when did you start writing?
I loved
telling stories and when I was very small decided that people would be
interested in them. Just about the time I learned to write sentences, I began
telling stories.
Which writers
have influenced you the most?
Older
writers of historicals, like Elizabeth Goudge and Margaret Irwin, and pure
story-tellers T.E. White, and J.R.R. Tolkien. I love making the world appear.
What kind
of things do you write?
Historical
novels and a few historical romances, although these are heavy on the
history.
What are
you working on now?
An
American Revolution and Early Federal Period novel.
What is
your writing day like?
I prefer
morning, or insomnia times when it is quiet and there are fewer distractions.
What’s
the most exciting thing about writing for you?
First, I
love to make the world appear--that is, the setting. Then, the moment when the
characters begin to write their own dialogue. Then you know you are really on
your way.
What’s
the most frustrating thing about writing for you?
Marketing,
and having to be a public person. I'd far rather write and dream than slog
through reality.
What’s the best piece of feedback that you’ve had from
your audience?
That they believed in my interpretation of the various characters, and also, in the world. That they'd experienced "time travel" and were like "flies on the wall," getting the real low-down.
Do you write for a particular audience, or is your
first priority to satisfy your own creativity?
Well, I try to write for women who are interested in living history through my words--or men, if they are so inclined. I spend plenty of time in the heads of my male characters, too, and they can be quite challenging to create convincingly.
Do you have a
homepage? Do you have any short stories or poems published online? (If so,
please provide the URLs):
short stories: http://www.frontierpublishing.net/anthology/history/h01.html
http://www.coachlightpress.com/bygone/frauleingottlieb.shtml
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