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You've done a great job of writing and research with Dreamland. I really liked it. There were more thoughts than I had time to think about. Thank you. Will hear from you again soon?
Nancy Bilyeau Thank you for your email. I'm so glad you liked 'Dreamland'!

I am working on another novel set in that time period. I hope to have official news to share soon.

Nancy
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Nancy my wife wants to read your book "The ghost of Madison Avenue" we are unable to find a hardcopy. Can you please provide me with information on where I can get a copy. Please? Thank You saliceajr@optimum.net
Nancy Bilyeau Hello, sorry I am just seeing this now!

You can order The Ghost of Madison Avenue as a paperback. The link on amazon is https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Madison-...

Thank you

Nancy
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Are you currently working on a new novel? If so, any hints as to what it might be about?
Nancy Bilyeau Hi Danielle: Sorry to only answer this now! I'm not notified when there are answers, and I just discovered it today. Yes, I am more than one-third of the way through my fourth novel. It is not a Joanna Stafford novel, it is not about nuns or friars, and it doesn't have any mystical element. However, it IS set in the past, the main character is a woman, it is suspenseful, and there are elements of art and science in the plot. :)
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How accurate his the other of The Chice? I mean, was there really that kind of necromancer going on in Tudor England?
Nancy Bilyeau Hi Kathleen: I'm sorry I haven't seen this question until now. Goodreads doesn't alert me when I have questions. I just discovered your query today! In response, there was a tremendous amount of interest and belief in prophecy in the 15th and 16th centuries. Elizabeth Barton, who is a minor but pivotal character in the book, based her warnings about Henry VIII on prophecy. She was a guiding influence on Gertrude Courtenay, as I write about in The Chalice. Elizabeth I chose her coronation date based on the advice of John Dee, a seer who was in league with necromancer Edward Kelley, who said he could communicate with the dead using the same methods as in The Chalice. Books of prophecy were popular. I took practices that were going on in the 16th century and used my imagination to come up with the plot of The Chalice.
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Thanks so much for the follow on here so we can connect-glad to find your blog, do you connect directly there too? 'The Crown' is on my next batch to order! Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Ives is what I'm reading now-a must!. As well as an AMAZING book called Shadow Galactic of a completely different genre(sci-fi/futurism/fantasy) by my dear friend and amazing author, Erik P. Harlow-(he's on Goodreads as well!
Nancy Bilyeau Hello! So nice to hear from you. Ives' book on Anne Boleyn is excellent, though I am a bit less enthralled with her. :) But he's a first rate biographer. If you're on twitter, please follow me as @tudorscribe. And my website is www.nancybilyeau.com
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The violence in the trilogy was written with a delicate hand but still made the experience real to me. I am also reading Killing Jesus by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard it also shows the violence of politics and religion. Do you think as a planet we have become better about living peacefully? I have a feeling the answer is no.
Nancy Bilyeau I think that more people are aware of the need to live peacefully but we are still failing, which is frightening
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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Nancy Bilyeau I listen to music, or take a long walk sometimes while listening to music. That can provoke ideas. But also I am a longtime magazine writer and editor, and with deadlines constantly coming, we learn how to work with writer's block. It is key to just get some words out, knowing that they won't be good but that you can go back and revise. I've revised some paragraphs five or six times--or more--to get the writing to where I want it to be.
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