Writing with T & A
Both of us have always set our stories in contemporary times – as with Quantum Leap, we’ve kept everything within our own lifetimes. But with our Christmas installment of The Ghosts of Ravencrest, we are traveling all the way back to the winter of 1788 to visit the Frost Fair on the Thames. And, oh, what a chunk of research we’ve bitten off.
We began by researching 1788 Christmas traditions and discovered the Frost Fair. We absolutely had to write about that, so we dug and dug. And dug some more. Then we researched how the landed gentry celebrated Christmas and that required an even bigger shovel.
Finally, we thought we were ready to write. We got about a sentence into the story – and realized we didn’t know what little children called their parents in those days. We found out. Then we needed to know what married…
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Alistair Cross 