Zitat des Tages von Arthur Phillips:
I am notorious for always having two beagles with me, in any and all circumstances.
Fiction isn't memoir and memoir isn't fiction.
As a rule, I am lazy and prefer to avoid anything resembling work, and research feels like work, as opposed to my strong suit, which is sitting around making things up.
I like Shakespeare. I like some of his work a lot.
When a character bears the same name as the author it's just an invitation to have some fun.
Write. Enjoy writing. Then, and only then, worry about the business end of it. Start loving your hobby, and then you can't go too wrong.