The Blessing Stone : Barbara Wood

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Sample Questions : The Blessing Stone

1. What was your inspiration for The Blessing Stone?

2. How did you research this book and how long did the research take?

3. The Blessing Stone is in fact eight separate stories set in different time periods and countries—is there a particular story within The Blessing Stone that you enjoyed writing about?

4. Covering three million years of history seems an enormous undertaking. How did you select the periods of history that you highlighted in The Blessing Stone? Is there a period of history that you would have liked to include but didn't?

5. How did you come up with the title?

6. Do you believe in the power of crystals and stones?

7. In this book as in your previous work, the protagonists are women. Is it important for you to portray women as strong and independent?

8. After having researched and written about women in various periods of time, what are you most grateful for as a woman living in the 21st century?

9. If you could go back in time, what time in history would you choose, which country, and what would your profession be?

10. Tell us about "The Quest for the Blessing Stone," the cot in which readers of The Blessing Stone have an opportunity to win their own Blessing Stone. Can the winners of these five (5) pendants expect their destinies to change?

11. You also write under a pseudonym, Kathryn Harvey. How many books have you written under that pen name and how do these books differ from those written under your own name?

12. What themes and subjects are important for you to write about? Has your focus changed significantly since you started writing?

13. You actively interact with your readers through your website's message boards. What do you think your website provides to your readers?

14. What activities do you enjoy when you're not writing?

15. When can we expect another Barbara Wood book and what will it be about?

16. What future stories/themes can your readers look forward to?