Ask the Author: Alan Watchman
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Alan Watchman
I write when inspiration strikes and I don't worry if words don't flow readily. I usually write in the morning because my brain is flowing with words and ideas and I need to put them into my text. Later in the day I do research.
Alan Watchman
It is an opportunity to be creative and use one's imagination.
Alan Watchman
Write short stories and drafts of novels and let other people read them to provide feedback.
Alan Watchman
A novel called "Solstice at Flinders Cove.' It is a story about relationships within a 'gated community' and the unmasking of a killer. I have completed a draft and I'm now editing and adding more details.
Alan Watchman
Each day various scenarios present themselves as ideas for stories. The difficulty is determining the best way to write the story.
Alan Watchman
While researching family history and stories about WWI I found very little information about Australian nurses. Several well known nurses have received recognition, but most 'ordinary' nurses have been forgotten yet they served their country just as men wielding rifles fixed with bayonets. Nurses are unsung heroes of wars because they do their job efficiently and effectively without much support. I thought a story about one Australian nurse could remind people of the circumstances under which nurses worked. I wanted a romantic story because many young nurses found husbands during war and I wanted to tell that story too. A soldier with a past filled with personal conflicts and tragedy is a main character and as becomes a casualty of war he also struggles to understand himself and how he feels for a woman.
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