Ask the Author: Mo Fanning
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Mo Fanning
In my hands it felt dry and smelled of the sea, I hardly dared look. I stole myself and the true horror became clear, I was £600 overdrawn.
Mo Fanning
You get to live so many different lives and talk through a hundred different people. You have a place to go when things get too much and there's somewhere better to be when all around feels wrong. And you get to show off at dinner parties.
Mo Fanning
I lost my job and my life fell apart, but rather than make lemonade, I traveled a very different path. In 'Since you've been gone' I hope to channel that spirit and tell a bit of my story with a huge dollop of artistic licence. For one thing Sally has better hair.
Mo Fanning
I read. There's little more inspiring than being in the company of a talented storyteller. I'm also inspired by the conversations I hear around me on buses and trains. There's also a whole world of crazy to be found in 'below the line' comments of the Daily Mail.
Mo Fanning
I'm currently working on a late draft of 'Since you've been gone' - I hope to see it on sale later this year. It's a story of what happens when your perfect life falls apart and you have to make something from the rubble. I'm also almost done with the first draft of a second book - two women team up when one is diagnosed with a terminal illness to complete her bucket list - 'Beaches' it most definitely isn't!
Mo Fanning
Think about your story for a while before you start. Do you want to know more? And be prepared to throw every word away between drafts. The biggest lesson I ever learned is that the first draft is a skeleton, don't fuss and perfect, just finish it.
Mo Fanning
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