Ask the Author: Christopher P. Mooney
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Christopher P. Mooney
My to-be-read pile is always big, always fluid. I'm currently reading an English translation of Albert Camus' 'The Myth of Sisyphus.' Next, I think I'll reread 'The Shining' - Stephen King is one of my favourite authors - before reading 'Doctor Sleep.' I'm tempted to reread Hanya Yanagihara's 'A Little Life' - which I read last year and immediately rated as one the best, most powerful things I've ever read - but it is tremendously powerful and emotive and I'm not sure I'm ready for it again yet.
Christopher P. Mooney
My favourite book to read is 'On the Road' by Jack Kerouac. I bought my first copy at Shakespeare and Co. in Paris about twenty years ago and I've read it several times since then. I always enjoy it, always find something new, each time I read it. If I could, I'd put myself on that road with Sal and Dean and share in their adventures.
Christopher P. Mooney
I've had several periods of so-called writer's block over the years, as I'm sure most writers have. I used to worry about it but, as time moves on and I become more experienced, more aware, I've begun to relax because I know it's never the end. I've learned that, eventually, the words will always come again and it's best not to force it.
Christopher P. Mooney
For me, the best thing about being a writer is being able to share my ideas and stories with other people. Having the opportunity to connect with other writers and with readers is a wonderful thing.
Christopher P. Mooney
Whisky for Breakfast, recently published by Bridge House (November 2020), includes thirty-five short stories that I'd been working on for about five years, so it's a varied collection of plots and character. Where do I get the ideas from? I've always found this a difficult question to answer because the truth is that, in many cases, I don't really know. Certainly, it's not possible for me to fully articulate the when, what, how and why of it. Sometimes, for example, something as simple as a particular word - either read or overheard - will spark an idea for a story and/or a character; sometimes I'll come up with the title first and work from that. The process is rarely the same.
Christopher P. Mooney
I've always been a voracious reader and I don't think I'd be able to write - anything, to any standard - without that as a starting point. Also, increasingly so, I feel compelled to write: writing is a huge part of my life and I have to get the words out, to get them on the page.
Christopher P. Mooney
I'm currently working on three things: a second collection (which, ideally, will include a novella and about fifteen short stories), a short-story collection written entirely in Scottish/Glaswegian vernacular, and a novel. The novel, provisionally titled The Fifth Philosophy, is an ambitious piece of historical/alternate-history fiction. These are the main projects that are ongoing in various draft stages, while my notebooks and other scribblings are never far away, of course.
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