{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#80 - Balancing Truth and Fiction in Historical Novels with Emily Schultz","description":"Kobo was delighted to recently host Emily Schultz in a \u201cKobo in Conversation\u201d chat in the Kobo Caf\u00e9 a few weeks ago while she was coming through Toronto on a book tour. Kobo Merchandiser Nora Parker interviewed Emily. In the interview, Emily and Nora talk about: The fact that Emily had started working on this novel before her previously released novel The Blondes The rum-runner history in Emily\u2019s family and the different manner by which they traversed the water to conduct their rum running in the winter and summer How the story of a relative who was lost during one of these winter-time runs crashing through the ice helped to inspire Emily\u2019s desire to explore this narrative The explosions of culture, literature, music and sexuality in the 1920s. The contrast and clash of society being both \u201copen\u201d and \u201cclosed\u201d during the Prohibition Era Various methods of research, including old photographs, documentaries, silent films and novels written from that time period The concept of justice in the novel and the line \u201cyou never get caught for what you think you\u2019re going to\u201d that encapsulates that Elements of \u201cthe person who is not who they appear to be\u201d in particular relation to religion The balance of mixing the \u201ctrue\u201d with the \u201cfictional\u201d in this historical novel The additional balance of being an author of fiction being a founder and senior editor of Joyland (http:\/\/www.joylandmagazine.com\/) magazine Pairing oneself with other writers in particular locales to help ensure a slightly larger crowd at an author event The fun of onomatope words that came from the jazz scene of the time Mark then highlights a few things from the interview with Emily that he wanted to call attention to. In particular, the research that she conducted for the Prohibition era time period the novel was set in as well as the manner by which she collaborated with local writers when traveling on a book tour. There is a reminder of the Kobo Plus Subscription service available through Kobo in the Netherlands and Belgium with Kobo\u2019s retail partner, BOL which is open to Kobo Writing Life authors via the \u201cRights and Distribution\u201d tab. Links: Emily\u2019s Website - http:\/\/www.emilyschultz.com\/ Emily on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/manualofstyle?lang=en Joyland Magazine - www.joylandmagazine.com\/ ","author_name":"Kobo Writing Life Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/bit.ly\/KWLPodcast","html":"