Who’s next on my North of the Border guest blog series? Today we have Kat Flannery, author of the Branded Trilogy!
Where does Kat get her inspiration? How is Canada part of her inspiration? Read on and see…
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I’ve been asked many times where I get my inspiration for my novels, and aside from people and my own experiences I use research to purge the passion from my soul. As a writer of historical romance, I am often found reading through books at the library or online. With each one of my books, I’ve taken history from my own country and placed the tidbits of information I’ve learned into my character’s lives.
In the Branded Trilogy, I wanted to bring the reader into the lives of the Indigenous people, and in doing so I had to do a lot of research. It is true the second two books of the trilogy take place in Jamestown, but the first one, Lakota Honor takes place in Colorado. I took what I knew of the native culture here in Canada and the United States and applied it to the characters I wrote.
While researching I came across some pretty fascinating things, and I cannot use all of them in the stories I write, but the one thing I admired the most about the Indigenous People was the respect and admiration they had for the land on which they lived.
Read the rest of Kat’s guest blog at http://bit.ly/notbgKF
