And with that, comes awesome geekery. Lauren Damon of Media Mikes tracked Naomi down and asked some wonderful questions. And our favorite writer responded to them!
Naomi Novik: Oh I definitely check the history first and sort of look into the details. I have a general sense of where the plot is going because I know where the Napoleonic Wars go and I know how I modify the Napoleonic Wars so in that sense I know before I go in. But in terms of figuring out how the details of my plot are going to dovetail the details of history, it’s sort of like a back and forth. I generally get the broad strokes of the historical events first, make sure my plot works with that and then as I write, I generally check on the more specific details to make sure that I’m not contradicting something.
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Tom Hiddleston is Naomi’s choice to play Laurence? Geez I wish that would happen!
Shawn