Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation rather than simple historical fact to weave my stories around.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Through the study of fossils I had already been initiated into the mysteries of prehistoric creations.
I get a lot of inspiration from research in mythology and folklore. I find that, you know, stories people told each other thousands of years ago are still relevant now.
Then I found books that were written much later, as late as 15 years ago. It was very superficial material, but enough to tell me that the genesis of this story was worth exploring.
History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions.
Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For that reason, I'm optimistic that we can eventually arrive at convincing explanations for these broadest patterns of human history.
Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?
I don't separate my books into historical novels and the rest. To me, they're all made-up worlds, and both kinds are borne out of curiosity, some investigation into the past.
My history writing was based on what I saw in strange, exotic places rather than just reading books.
I am quite prehistoric, absolutely prehistoric.
I'm not an historian but I can get interested - obsessively interested - with any aspect of the past, whether it's palaeontology or archaeology or the very recent past.