Escape from the Inquisition in Isabela's Way by Barbara Stark-Nemon

My guest today is Barbara Stark-Nemon, author of Isabela's Way listed in the Textile Arts category on Art In Fiction.

View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/R-0wUhdrD00

• How Barbara got the idea to write a novel set in the 17th century during the Inquistion: inspiration resulting from a cycling trip in Portugal.
• History of the Inquistion in Europe and how it was not formally ended until 1837.
• Use of embroidery and symbols as a way to communicate while fleeing the Inquistion.
• Value as an author to engage in a character's pursuits (for example, embroidery) as a way to research. 
• Barbara shows off the embroidery she did that became the cover of Isabela's way.
• How traveling helps research.
• Plausibility and the role it plays in writing historical fiction.
• Character of Ana in Isabela's Way--a strong woman who is both a healer and a role model.
• Reading from Isabela's Way.
• One thing that Barbara learned from writing this novel that she didn't realize before.
• Writing as a voyage of discovery.
• What Barbara is working on now.

Read more about Barbara Stark-Nemon on her website: https://www.barbarastarknemon.com/

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