Interviews
The Novel Edits (Part 2)
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. (Scott Adams ‘The Dilbert Principle’)
My true love gave to me…creativity, self esteem and joy – First Story Interview
“Seeing your own experiences reflected back to you in the stories you have written being read aloud, that can absolutely raise your self esteem.”
Is this how The Fairytale goes?
How much tenacity did Stephen really have to show before his destiny finally showed up for dinner? Does Stephen type out text messages using proper, full words? and what is the relationship between Stephen and a man whose best friends kicked him 47 times in the testicles in 90 seconds?
The Coward’s Tale – Interview with Vanessa Gebbie
Today I’m thrilled to welcome Vanessa Gebbie to my blog, to talk about her novel The Coward’s Tale, which launched officially three days ago (7th November 2011). I was lucky enough to have an advance copy to read, and it’s an absolute treasure. The writing is so lyrical I felt as though it was being read …
Interview with Mike French
“When you want something for so long it’s like being surrounded by it – like the possibility forms a bubble around you – you hope it will burst and you’ll see it come to life but over time the bubble just gets bigger and you feel smaller and smaller within it until you’re not …
Interview with Jonathan Pinnock
It seems clear to me that the only way Charlotte could cope with marriage to Mr Collins would be to become a laudanum addict. Especially if she happened to bump into Lord Byron
It’s home, Jim, but not as we know it.
My interview with Miriam Drori, on life as an expat, is now up here!
Mother/Writer Interview on Head above Water
I’m interviewed by Alison Wells as part of a series of blog posts on mothers who write. Or writers who mother. Or Mother-Writers…
Interview with Literary Agent Annette Green and Author Maria McCann
…about 2% of submissions make us excitedly reach for the phone to call the author and offer representation.
Have Book, Will Travel
I’ve asked Clare Wallace, fellow alumna of the 2010 Bristol Short Story Prize, and now a rights manager at Darley Anderson literary agency, to answer some of my questions about foreign rights sales…
Feeling all emotional
Affection, Amusement, Anger, Annoyance, Angst, Anticipation, Apathy, Anxiety, Awe, Contempt, Contentment, Curiosity, Depression, Desire, Despair, Disappointment, Disgust, Ecstasy, Excitement, Empathy, Envy, Embarrassment, Euphoria, Fear, Frustration, Gratitude, Grief, Guilt, Happiness, Hatred, Hope, Horror, Hostility, Hysteria, Interest, Jealousy, Joy, Loathing, Longing, Love, Lust, Misery, Optimism, Pity, Pride, Rage, Regret, Relief, Remorse, Sadness, Satisfaction, Scorn, Sensory pleasure, …
July is peachy
In the roller-coaster of writing, months like this don’t happen very often…
Interviewing Myself.
Go on, do me.
