Join me as I chat with Daisy Goodwin, author of Diva listed in the Music category on Art In Fiction.
View the Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dYCDxSyXwAU
Highlights include:
- Why Daisy chose to write a novel about Maria Callas, the great opera singer
- The nature of the female genius
- What's a diva?
- Writing about a real person; getting into their head
- Maria Callas's difficult relationship with her mother
- Maria and her relationship with Aristotle Onassis
- Daisy Goodwin's favorite opera
- The theme of Diva
- Reading from Diva
- Challenges of writing a novel that are different from writing screenplays and other forms of writing
- Why historical fiction?
- What Daisy has learned from writing historical fiction
- Research advice when writing historical fiction
- Daisy's new novel about the later years of Queen Victoria
Press Play now & be sure to check out Diva on Art In Fiction: https://www.artinfiction.com/novels/diva
Daisy Goodwin's Website: https://www.daisygoodwin.co.uk/
Music Credit
Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson
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