Ask the Author: Colin Templeman
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Colin Templeman
I've never contemplated death before. But my son has offered to drive me to the game.
Colin Templeman
The latest by SJ Parris I reckon. Now there's a talent to aspire to.
Colin Templeman
Who my mother really was. Having passed away when I was just 13 months old and with records of her being limited to the few mandatory documents, birth certificate and the like she remains an enigma.
Colin Templeman
I would go for a long walk. Alternatively I go read a book (not my own). Anything to take my mind off of my manuscript. And when an idea comes, no matter what time of the day, I have to get it out of my head. The notes app on my smartphone has many pages of random words, sentences and quotes as a result of waking up in the small hours.
Colin Templeman
For me it has become a love affair like no other. I've heard it said that reading a book can take you to magical places. Let me say that writing a book not only affords you the privilege of creating those places but you're the first person to visit them.
Colin Templeman
As a newbie myself I'm not sure I'm qualified to offer advice. But what I can share with you is one of the biggest and most destructive inhibitors for me at the outset. And that was self doubt. Or as people call it these days 'imposter syndrome'. So yes I guess I do have some advice for aspiring writers. keep at it - You have as much right as any bestseller on the planet to have your work published.
Colin Templeman
I'm working on a follow up to the first two decades, the not so swinging sixties and wonderful seventies covered in Parkie Life. Taking a look back at the eighties and nineties. Although this time written as a series 'episodes' that shaped my life as opposed to the anecdotal stuff in the first book.
Colin Templeman
To be honest I wasn't inspired to write I just kind of fell into it. But then the more I wrote the more I found myself becoming increasingly immersed in it. From its origins it has moved from being something I needed to do to now something I need to do.
Colin Templeman
The idea for Parkie Life came about organically I guess. My children were often left wide mouthed at what they were hearing when my brother and I reminisced about our childhood. Witnessing these reactions I concluded that I needed to somehow capture and keep these unique memories. So what started out as just a series of random anecdotes and stories for my children turned into the book.
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