Jo Harrison's Blog, page 2
December 17, 2019
Author Interview: C.R. Searle
15 years
What would you say is the most difficult part of writing a book?The narrative structure. In essence know how to tell your story from beginning to end.
What genre do you generally write?I have mostly written for young adults (YA) but have ventured into adult fiction.
Do you have a favourite author and why?Lots, but I think Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens and Arthur Conan Doyle are the best of the...
December 10, 2019
Author Interview: Nick Elliott
Eight years
What would you say is the most difficult part of writing a book?Getting started!
What genre do you generally write?Thriller
Do you have a favourite author and why?Len Deighton. I’ve long been fascinated by Cold War espionage and I love his sardonic and often humorous first person narrative brilliantly coupled with “minor key” poignancy.
What is your book called and how did you...December 3, 2019
Author Interview: Mark Wentworth
21 years
What would you say is the most difficult part of writing a book?Learning to know when enough is enough or too much information. In a new book I’m currently writing I realised I was trying to put 3 books into one book which is why I had hit a block in my writing.
What genre do you generally write?Personal Development.
Do you have a favourite author and why?I like many authors for different...
November 26, 2019
Author Interview: Jonty Morgan
35 years
What would you say is the most difficult part of writing a book?Combating the fear that what ends up on paper isn’t a perfect replication of one’s most creative thoughts.
What genre do you generally write?Comedy
Do you have a favourite author and why?Jerome K Jerome, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce and P.G. Wodehouse. I admire any writer who can create comedy in a seemingly natural, effortless...
November 21, 2019
Author Interview: Richard Pearson
Two years
What would you say is the most difficult part of writing a book?I genuinely don’t find writing difficult, it just seems to flow. The part I find hard is marketing my books.
What genre do you generally write?Suspense, horror, ghosts. Not gore though, my books are about atmosphere and what could happen.
Do you have a favourite author and why?I love Dracula by Bram Stoker. The first half of the...
October 25, 2019
Author Interview: Chris Sheldon
About 12 years, seriously.
What would you say is the most difficult part of writing a book?Starting. The first sentence…
What genre do you generally write?Non fiction; I’m a fisherman, and write about all aspects of the sport.
Do you have a favourite author and why?Chris Yates. Originally a photographer, he is a fisherman first and foremost, who fishes in a classic, some would say ‘old fashioned’, style. His latest book is actually not about...
October 9, 2019
Author Interview: Peter Darman
28 years, of which the last seven have been full-time.
What would you say is the most difficult part of writing a book?The middle part, when the initial burst has worn off and you realise that there is still a way to go. The starting and ending are relatively easy, but the middle can feel like wading through treacle.
What genre do you generally write?Historical fiction.
Do you have a favourite author and why...October 2, 2019
Author Interview: Nicholas Barrett
Three and a half years (approx.)
What would you say is the most difficult part of writing a book?What I term “The Ladder” – the main story building, and the construction of the scenes which make up the full story in some sort of logical order!
What genre do you generally write?I write Humour/fantasy/adventure, but also horror and just the merest hint of SF (when no-one is looking…)
Do you have a favourite autho...September 26, 2019
Author Interview: Keith Dixon
Since the age of 16.
What would you say is the most difficult part of writing a book?Working out the middle section.
What genre do you generally write?Crime.
Do you have a favourite author and why?Currently American crime writer Ross Macdonald because of the excellence of his language, the complexity of his plots and the psychological depth of his characters.
What is your book called and how did...September 17, 2019
Author Interview: Anna-Marie O’Brien
How long have you been writing for? I’ve been keeping diaries for years and have written for my college degrees and for my many abandoned blogs, and of course, my job – but writing just for myself? About seven years or so.
What would you say is the most difficult part of writing a book?Staying committed to it over the long haul and keeping motivated.
What genre do you generally write?I’m definitely a memoirist at heart. I have a fiction project knocking around in my head, but these memoirs...
