The Icelandic Canadian - 01.12.2008, Side 41

Vol. 62 #1
THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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Her copious reading and consultations
resulted in reams of notes, which began to
fit into a unified narrative when she discov-
ered an ancient artifact with an inscription
in the runic alphabet: “Bibrau is the name
of the girl who sits in the blue.” That
inscription fueled Lindbergh to find out
Bibrau’s identify, and she thus became a
key character in the book.
Now living in New Jersey, Lindbergh
says she learned to write mostly by writing.
“I also belonged to a writers group that met
monthly for nearly a decade.” She credits
her greatest writing lessons, however, to an
acting instructor trained at London’s Royal
Academy of Dramatic Arts. “She taught
me how to break down a scene, how to lis-
ten, how to respond, how to be in the
moment and in character. She always used
to call out during classes, 'Stay on the
threat of the scene’ in her rich, emphatic
voice. It is an echo I still hear in my head
while I’m writing.”
As a result of writing the book,
Lindbergh admits that she has developed a
passion for Greenland and for Viking cul-
ture. “The Vikings were vulnerable,” she
says. “Basically they were human.”

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