Picture wall for ‘The Visitors’: every book needs one of these. A collection of images from books, online & research visits pinned up on my study cupboard doors – Victoriana, hop farm, oyster fishing & the deafblind manual alphabet. Every time I sat down to write I could stare at the images & visually inhabit that world – & temporarily escape this one, a knack every novelist needs. I’m currently compiling my picture wall for the C18th & soon will be lost in a new world…