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A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.

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Sara Sheridan
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: June 7
Novelist
Writer
Edinburgh
Scotland
Character
Whole
Spawn
Vocabulary
Choice
Choices
Word
Interesting
Place

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History at its best is a gritty, dirty business.
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Scotland just isn't terribly Tory.
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As an historical novelist - there are few jobs more retrospective.
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The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.
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It is one of the benchmarks of a culture I always think – the page at which it operates. A good way to measure it is to order a taxi and see how irate local people get if it is late.
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Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrians Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland values its creative industries differently from England.
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Research material can turn up anywhere - in a dusty old letter in an archive, a journal or some old photographs you find in a charity shop.
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Grabbing readers by the imagination is a writer's job.
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History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not.
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Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think.
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Researching books gets you into nothing but trouble.
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I had never really understood what an adventure life could be, if you followed your heart and did what you really wanted to do, which is what we must all do in the end.
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My father could talk about the Romany way of life and its culture. He could talk about freedom and the Scottish spirit. But that was all he could talk about. I was desperate for someone to talk to but there was just nobody there.
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A book is a story, even if it's non-fiction, and once I've read it, I have the story with me inside my head always.
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The net has provided a level playing field for criticism and comment - anyone and everyone is entitled to their opinion - and that is one of its greatest strengths.
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I always thought that bagels and lox was my soul food, but it turns out it's sushi.
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It is through our extended family that we first learn to compromise and come to an understanding that even if we don't always agree about things we can still love and look out for each other.
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I find it inspiring to actively choose which traditions to celebrate and also come up with new ideas for traditions of my own.
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While I'm frustrated at the amount I'm expected to take on in the present, the 1950s woman was frustrated by being excluded - not being allowed to take things on at all.
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I've always had a keen sense of history. My father was an antiques dealer and he used to bring home boxes full of treasures, and each item always had a tale attached.
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