I hope the lessons to be learned are positive ones. What lessons can we learn from your books? Apparently, sitting still in front of a computer is the worst thing you can do for your health. But you can only do that for a limited time. But two weeks ago, when I was working hard to finish the manuscript, I would be up by 5 and work with few interruptions until dinnertime. Today, for example, after just submitting my next manuscript to the US publisher, I get up leisurely around 6:30 and respond to emails & such. It depends a lot on where I am in the writing process. Only later, when I was already thinking about the plot structure, did my mother discover the first version of Romeo & Juliet (written over a hundred years before Shakespeare’s tragedy) had been set there, and I thought to myself: wow!Ĭould you tell us about your writing life? What is your typical writing day like? WANNABE MAGAZINE: What inspired you to write your book “Juliet”?ĪNNE FORTIER: It was the city of Siena that inspired me to write an historical novel set in that very special place. She produced the movie “Fire and Ice”, which is a Grammy winning documentary. After growing up in Denmark, she went to USA to work in the film industry. Anne Fortier is an author of a bestseller book called “Juliet”.
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