A Conversation With...

          Here you'll find all the 'Conversations With' blogs conveniently in one place.


     Joan is a friend of mine, and we share a fascination with the Stone Age. Here we chat about her book, Silver Skin, which is set in Skara Brae...

 


     Jenny is a friend of mine, and another member of the Scattered Authors Society.  I had such a fascinating conversation with her one day, about the how the subconscious and dreams affect writing, that I wanted to post about it, and so started the whole idea of 'Conversations With...'

     I met Gillian when we were working together on presenting a talk at a Society of Authors' Children's Writers conference. I'd always been interested in the art of producing picture books, and so I asked Gillian what it was like being both writer and artist...

     I met the poet, Ian Parks, when he took over from me as Royal Literary Fund Fellow at De Montfort University. He's a most likeable chap, and so I was able to ask him about what it's like to be a poet...



Judith's psychotic cat

      Judith is another who combines writing and art. I got in touch with her because she emailed me, through my website, to say that we'd both had Osyth Leeston as our first agent. So we got e-chatting, about agents, daemons and amorous tramps...

Katherine Roberts


      Katherine Roberts is another member of the Scattered Authors Club, and has been a friend for years. She's the true founder of The Authors Electric Collective, and also self-publishes her back-list as e-books.




Sanna Lehtonen
      Sanna Lehtonen is an academic researcher, and I 'met' her on-line when  I discovered, by accident, that she had written papers about my books. Naturally, I was curious, so I got in touch...




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