I write in a shed in the garden What lasting effects have your favourite authors had on your writing and style? It’s a different challenge writing about someone like Ruth, who comes from a similar background to me, and characters like Max and Harbinder, who are very different. In what ways do your characters test your abilities? Then I go for a walk or a swim (I live on the south coast, very near the sea), then I tackle admin and teaching work in the afternoon.
I like to write from about 8am to midday. How does a typical day look?Įverything is different now – in lockdown – but, in many days, my routine stays the same. It felt like as if I had discovered a secret power. That’s when I first realised that words could make you cry, or laugh. Some of my friends cried when they read it. I remember writing an episode where Starsky (my favourite) died. At secondary school I wrote stories for my friends, including imagined episodes of Starsky and Hutch. I wrote my first full-length mystery when I was 11 (it was called The Hair of the Dog – which must have been something my parents talked about!).
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