Macdowall, Martin

White Stag to Queen's Pawn took three years to write after gestating in my imagination for about 40 years. I built the saga in my mind over those years without committing anything to paper. I was finally prompted at least to put pen to paper to 'see how it goes.' My writing time was restricted to evenings because of work, so I devoted myself to working three evenings a week, Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursday from about 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 or 10:00 with a quick break for something to eat, round about 8 o'clock. I further fortified myself with bottles of Macallan so that it's not surprising that th...