‘In the winter I take to my bed, where I try to keep the faith that one page and another, and then another will eventually add up to something I find bearable.’
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‘Research pitted with fascinating rabbit holes down which I’ll dive because my curiosity has been piqued.’
Katharine Quarmby spends a diary week researching and editing her first novel, a work of historical fiction inspired by a cruel act of punishment, and finds the process surprisingly familiar.