{"id":41882,"date":"2024-01-18T06:30:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T17:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=41882"},"modified":"2024-01-18T09:54:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T20:54:39","slug":"qa-thursdays-16-forrests-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2024\/01\/18\/qa-thursdays-16-forrests-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&A Thursdays #16: Forrest’s Question"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted one of these—since way back on September 28<\/a>, I believe.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, I always intended it to post intermittently, although we are, in fact, nearing the end. Just a few left to go now, in this reprise of the Daughter of Blood<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (and by extension The Wall Of Night<\/strong><\/a>) Q&A series that featured in 2019.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s question came from Forrest and is about research that informed the book.<\/p>\n

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Forrest: You’ve said that you did a lot of research into battles and sieges. Was there anything else in the book that you researched as much?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Helen:<\/strong> Yes: medicine! You\u2019ll recall Myr has an interest in healing and there are injuries associated with the Honor Contest in the first part of the book and then again with the siege in the second half. So I did a lot of reading about warfare injuries and how they were treated in the ancient and medieval worlds, then looked at the (increasingly rapid) evolution of treatments over more recent centuries. I also checked in with two doctors over the finer details. I wanted that aspect of the book to be authentic, but the final bridge between our modern understanding and the world of the book had to be \u201chealing magic.\u201d Although the magic healers, like Kion of Sea and Vael of Stars, and Myr herself (albeit without the magic), still had to have training: they couldn\u2019t just magically wave their hands about and \u201chey presto\u201d\u2014because that\u2019s part of the authenticity, too.<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Previous Thursday Q&A Refeatures:<\/h3>\n

2022:<\/strong><\/em>
\nMarch 31 \u2014 #1 Phoebe\u2019s Question on Book Planning<\/a><\/p>\n

April 21 \u2014 #2 Sam\u2019s Question on Deleted Scenes<\/a><\/p>\n

April 28 \u2014 #3 Sandy\u2019s Question on Characters That Take Charge<\/a><\/p>\n

May 19 \u2014 #4 Lindsay\u2019s Question on Research<\/a><\/p>\n

June 23 \u2014 #5 Chris\u2019s Question on Tirael & \u201cWhat Would Have Happened If\u2026\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

June 30 \u2014 #6 Rosie\u2019s Question on the Web of Mayanne<\/a><\/p>\n

September 8 \u2014 #7 Jason\u2019s Question on Weapons & Names<\/a><\/p>\n

October 6 \u2014 #8 Robin\u2019s Question on Tuckerization Characters<\/a><\/p>\n

November 24 \u2014 #9 Josh\u2019s Question on Whether I Have A Favourite Moment in Daughter of Blood<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

December 15 \u2014 #10 Shannon\u2019s Question re Sections or Characters that were Hard to Write<\/a><\/p>\n

2023
\n<\/strong><\/em>March 30 \u2014 #11 Jenny\u2019s Question re Inspiration and Keeping Going<\/a><\/p>\n

May 18 \u2014 #12 Tom\u2019s Question re Food and Feasts<\/a><\/p>\n

June 15 \u2014 #13 Ashley\u2019s Question on Writing Through the Christchurch Earthquakes<\/a><\/p>\n

August 10 \u2014 #14 Bethany’s Question On A Villain<\/a><\/p>\n

September 28 \u2014 #15 Andrew’s Question on Black Blades<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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