Ask the Author: Paul Singleton
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Paul Singleton
The mystery of how I was so rubbish with women for years but ended up with the best possible one.
Paul Singleton
It doesn't take that much inspiration. I just take a moment to look back at my own personal experiences which many people can relate to, then I fire up the computer and start tapping away. I find it quite cathartic which helps a lot I guess.
Paul Singleton
I sit patiently for a while and wait for something to come into my head without letting it frustrate me. We all go through periods where we need to take a step away from the book, go for a short walk and come back to it later. The words often come once you don't fixate on specific sentences.
Paul Singleton
I've just started working on a story about a very mediocre football team in the '90s that I happened to be involved with. A very personal experience that I am looking to delving back into over the coming months.
Paul Singleton
You can slip into another world for a while and take away or add traits to characters at will. You are the puppet master in your own puppet show. Sorry, worst analogy ever.
Paul Singleton
The first line came to me while jogging after my last book had been claimed by the blue screen of death. I hadn't backed up my work like a big idiot. I guess during lockdown we all started reminiscing a lot about our previous existences and that is where I got the idea to write about my office experiences with a nineties twist.
Paul Singleton
Make sure that you edit your work every ten pages or so or it will become impossible to make sense of your own story. I've been there and done that myself.
Paul Singleton
2021 begun. It wasn't much different to 2020.
Paul Singleton
I'd go to Oz and craft tailor-made motivational speeches for the lion, the scarecrow, and the tin man to help them face up to their inner demons.
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