A Goodreads user
asked
P.D.R. Lindsay:
Hi P.D.R, What is your latest book about?
P.D.R. Lindsay
Now that is a question, S.K.! I usually start writing a story or novel with a definite idea, a theme, and a strong character demanding their story be told. So that is what the piece is about. Alas, when I finish the first draft I find the characters have been wayward, the plot has warped and I have to ask myself again what am I trying to say.
I am still writing the first draft so I expect my next novel to be about making choices - I always write about that - it's about revenge and whether it should be physical, revenge through business practises or let 'what goes around come around.' However my characters are stroppy and insist on adding things. I don't mind, it makes a better book!
With a workling title of 'Revenge', set in 1872 Britain, India and New Zealand, so far I have my MC - Bryce Ackerman - leaving the UK for India in pursuit of a group of men who have cost him his beloved fiancee and caused distress in his mother's beloved Yorkshire.
Don't want to give away more but so far, as well as revenge, I have found justice, women's rights and coping with loss all emerging through various different characters' stories. Anger, love and hate make a potent mix which I am enjoying unravelling as I write.
I am still writing the first draft so I expect my next novel to be about making choices - I always write about that - it's about revenge and whether it should be physical, revenge through business practises or let 'what goes around come around.' However my characters are stroppy and insist on adding things. I don't mind, it makes a better book!
With a workling title of 'Revenge', set in 1872 Britain, India and New Zealand, so far I have my MC - Bryce Ackerman - leaving the UK for India in pursuit of a group of men who have cost him his beloved fiancee and caused distress in his mother's beloved Yorkshire.
Don't want to give away more but so far, as well as revenge, I have found justice, women's rights and coping with loss all emerging through various different characters' stories. Anger, love and hate make a potent mix which I am enjoying unravelling as I write.
More Answered Questions
Mairwen
asked
P.D.R. Lindsay:
Thank you for 'following' me (if that is the correct term!) I have just been reading your bio. It's amazing! Are you a Kiwi? I too love the countryside (especially in Europe and Canada), need space, loathe ugly overcrowded cities, and love small towns with mediaeval or historic centres. I grew up (with dogs) in an exceedingly rural part of Europe, now I live in another (relatively, but far less) rural part.
About Goodreads Q&A
Ask and answer questions about books!
You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Reader Q&A, or ask your favorite author a question with Ask the Author.
See Featured Authors Answering Questions
Learn more