#66 - Alison Morton - Write Through The Roof -

Interview with alternative history novelist Alison Morton

‘Exercise your writing muscle in different ways on different days.’

30% plotter and 70% pantser
Black moments: when it all falls apart for the main character
Writing versus marketing
Tea imported in from England – sergeant major’s tea
Wanted to explore female-led action stories with a Roman flavour. But needed to create an alternative history world to feature strong female leaders. Values, betrayal, rebellion, resilience
Alternative history research: taking history and twisting it but anchoring back to the facts.
Using historical logic – what would have happened if?
Collaborating with other writers, exchanging ideas, being accepting and giving
A team effort to produce a book
Robert Harris’ Fatherland, William Boyd’s Restless, Sebastian Faulks, Lindsay Davis, Georgette Heyer
Aurelia: going back to write the backstory of the grandmother of the main character of the Carina Mitela series
Writing short stories and novellas

‘30% plotter and 70% pantser.’

‘You do need other people to get a successful book out.’

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#66 – Alison Morton – Write Through The Roof