Interview Space

There is a very weird habit that I do, and I am not sure if it is creative thing or not, but I have mock interviews in my head. Told you it was weird. I believe that I am famous and that I am being interviewed about my books. Some of which I have not actually written yet.  Why? I am not entirely sure, partly that escape the mundanity of life but partly as it is a great way to get the thoughts flowing. Some of the issue with this is that I am usually out and about or in work and I am not in a space where I can write these ideas down.

The other part of the “interview” is always more of the personal side of things. The kind of questions that you would probably want to ask someone who you only knew through their work. Questions like “Would you do other genres?” “Would you write children’s novels?” “What is your idea of hell?” and the most important one, “Who or what influenced you?”

Maybe I hope to have an opportunity to let those know who have influenced me that they did. I have always been a huge consumer of film, books and music and I think they have all played a part in who I am as a writer.

What is the most interesting about the “interviews” is that are solely centred around my novels, with a passing comment only to my poetry. Is this how I ultimately view my poetry? I don’t think it is. I enjoy writing poetry as much as my novels. I think I know that poetry is not as popular as novels.