Friday JanSelbourne is Visiting and talking about being Panster or Plotter #MFRWAuthor #Panster #Plotter #Historical

 

1. Are you a panster or a plotter or perhaps a bit of both?

 

I’m definitely a pantser.  Each book began with an idea or from something I’d read. For example, the comment, ‘we aren’t the same people we were twenty years ago’ and an article on gold smuggled across the Channel to fund Bonaparte’s army inspired my book Lies of Gold.

 

2. Which comes first - characters or plot for you?

 

The plot, or idea for the plot first, with the main characters coming in close behind.

 

3. What are you working on now? Is this a book in a current series or something totally new?

 

I’m just catching my breath after writing The Moon Crossing with the amazing sci fi author Eileen Troemel.  It’s 2030 with the rich and famous enjoying the ‘out of this world’ luxury at the resort on the moon. So why are scientists and academics being sent to the dark side of the moon, never to be seen again?

That was something totally new for me and a lot of fun.

 

4. Do you have some kind of object or place that figures in most of your books? I use gems a lot, hospitals and caves.

 

I write historical fiction (except for my trip to the moon) so I try to present an authentic as possible background for the era of my stories. Having said that, a lovable animal usually sneaks in. A plough horse in Perilous Love, a war horse in Lies of Gold, and dogs in The Proposition and The Woman Behind the Mirror.

 

5. Do you write everyday or just when the spirit hits?\

 

I try to write every day and some days are better than others.

 

6. Where can we find you?

Website: https://nomadauthors.com/JanSelbourne/index.html

Blog: http://nomadauthors.com/blog

Twitter: http://twitter.com/JanSelbourne

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jan.selbourne

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14661584.Jan_Selbourne?from_search=true

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Jan-Selbourne/e/B0184OSZ6E/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-selbourne-2817b6140/

 

 

7. Who are your favorite authors? What about a book you’ve enjoyed?

 

So many favourite authors, where do I begin?

Historical fiction – Georgette Heyer, Philippa Gregory, Ken Follett.

Contemporary – Neville Shute, John Grisham, Fiona McIntosh.

I loved Anne Krist’s Burning Bridges.