![]() How many times have you participated in NaNoWriMo? What have your NaNoWriMo experiences been like? ![]() I have the seeds of a tense young-adult western rattling about in my brain, sort of like Django Unchained meets the Wild Wild West, but it hasn’t quite jelled yet. Brown), but I have no doubt I’ll move on to other time periods, as well. I’m currently writing in the 1920’s and the Edwardian era (as T.J. The stories! There are just so many amazing time periods to tell stories about. What draws you to writing historical fiction? It makes for a lot of conflict, which is what good stories thrive on. Cultured hurtled into the modern age during that time and the affect all these changes had on people was incredible. It was a time of change across the board-women’s rights, technology, music, arts and literature were all going through a metamorphosis. The period of time between 19 has always fascinated me. What inspired you to write about this time? Your novel, Born of Illusion, came out this past June-it’s set in a dark and magical 1920s New York. ![]() Teri Brown, Wrimo, resident history nut, and the author of Born of Illusion, a YA novel set in 1920’s New York, was kind enough to share how her NaNo-novel about Harry Houdini’s illegitimate daughter came to bookstores, and how writing taught her never to give up: ![]()
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