Ask the Author: Nick Spalding
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Nick Spalding
Loads! :) Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Bill Bryson... they're all definitely funnier than I am!
Nick Spalding
Give Dumped Actually a go, or Checking Out. They probably represent my style of writing the best at the stage I'm at in my career now.
Nick Spalding
Always felt like a writer since I wrote my first novel. But only felt like a successful one after I started to sell lots of books! Sorry it took so long to answer!
Nick Spalding
There's a shadow behind me. I can hear it breathing.
Nick Spalding
Try to pretend it doesn't exist.
Nick Spalding
Actually, this one came from an idea my agent threw at me that I've developed. I have a horrible feeling he's going to ask for a bigger cut than normal.
Nick Spalding
My mortgage repayments.
Nick Spalding
Another book. This is possibly the most prosaic answer ever given to this question.
Nick Spalding
Er... ask another author before you come to me, but if you've exhausted all other avenues, my best advice would be to keep on trying, and have a very, very thick skin. Also, buy all of my books. That is vitally important to your success.
Nick Spalding
The commute in the mornings.
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