Ask the Author: Andy Butler
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Andy Butler
What great question, and the answer is going to be limited but only because as it's a forming idea I may yet write about. When I was young about 8 years old or so, we moved into a very strange house. We only stayed there for 8 months due to what happened to myself and my family. My mum & dad to this day will not speak of 19 Adams Close.
Andy Butler
I don't get it, I live in London and make sure I go out every day with my eyes wide open, there is a world of stories just waiting to be told.
Andy Butler
Allowing my mind to create a new story or idea. I've always loved writing and to be able to do it as an adult is perfect.
Andy Butler
Write, write and write again, then once you are done, edit, edit and edit some more. You have to be brutal with your edits, if it is not relevant to the story its gone. The Butterfly Killer was originally 145K words long, after a major cull edit it ended at 97K so don't be afraid to cut the rubbish out. once you have done that don't read it for at least a month, then go back a edit again. Just don't rush to publish, time is your friend.
Andy Butler
I'm potting the second book in The Butterfly Killer series, this one will have even more plot twists than the first.
Andy Butler
That’s an easy one, life, news, people there are a million stories all around us, you just have to filter out the noise to hear a good one.
Andy Butler
I’ve always loved crime thrillers with a twist of horror, so I decided to write my own, I looked at the inequality of the sexes within society and that sparked the idea that a woman could hide behind a veil of inequality if she panted a masculine picture upon the crime. People always think a violent crime must be committed by a man.
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