As readers any excuse to read is a good excuse - right? Well today is not only World Book Day, but also World Book Night, so we can read to our hearts content with official permission. Happy reading. As an avid reader myself, the magic of stories, for me, is being...
There are numerous movie adaptions of novels, and many we know well, due to their multiple adaptations. This is a list of the most frequently adapted stories. I also noted the first publication date, which shows how particular stories hold our imaginations, over and...
If you are like me you have a movie running in your head when you read a book. You can 'see' the characters, their surroundings and what is happening. As a writer this is a wonderful tool for my stories. I see everything as I write, getting those images onto the paper...
When did you start writing? I started writing poems, very short plays and long letters as a young child. However, I started writing short stories in English about twenty years ago. Sharing and publishing them felt like opening a window to the world from my corner in...
Your novels tend to have unexpected protagonists/settings. Was this a conscious decision or the spark of an idea that evolved? My ideas hit me just as unexpected. It is not like I want to come up with this or that like a contract writer where an idea is developed and...
You have experienced a multitude of jobs – have these experiences given you insights for the characters in your stories, within your book Rage and other writing? Yes and no. Yes in that I have based characters on past jobs for some of my writing. For example, two...
Please tell us the story behind your new book, Home. My new book is the bookend of the Friends and Family series about Fluffy the cat and Levi the mouse. This book in the series was more challenging to write than the others because the series was written...
I could not pass up the opportunity to share the celebrations planned in the UK for Shakepeare's 450th birthday! http://www.shakespearesbirthday.org.uk/?page_id=19 The Bard would have been shocked and hopefully pleased, if he were present today with the adoration and...
Maunder - definition: 1. to talk in a rambling, foolish, or meaningless way; 2. to move, go, or act in an aimless, confused manner As a long time viewer of Dr. Who, I could not miss the 50 year celebrations of this fantastic time traveler show this weekend. I don't...