brian tyrer

Q: What were you like at school?

perhaps you should ask the people i was at school with.I quite liked primary school because i could do the work. Secondary school was in the middle of Manchester and there was plenty going on

Q: What did you want to be when you were a child?

A train driver and then a pilot.

Q: Which three words describe you best?

Tall,dark and handsome- but then not everyone would agree!

Q: What is your favourite word?

My favourite word changes like the weather but i have always been fond of squillions- it means an enormous number- not a word i hear you say - well if enough people used it then it soon would find its way into the dictionary

Q: What makes you cringe?

Parents who shout at their children in supermarkets.

Q: What are you afraid of?

Not being in control.

Q: When did you last have a really good laugh?

I can,t remember.

Q: What is your most treasured possession?

I am fortunate to have many things that i like but of all the things i possess i always have pleasure in using my Swiss Army Penknife.

Q: What do you do as a hobby?

I have just come back to cycling as a way of keeping fit. I also like long distance walking.

Q: What strange habits do you have?

I always ask people where they are when i telephone them.

Q: What’s your favourite food?

I enjoy a whole range of food - my wife is an excellent cook.

Q: What do you day dream about?

Being rich.

Q: What’s the most outrageous thing you’ve done?

When i was young i did quite a few outrageous things but thats in the past and now i like to think i am a bit more responsible.

Q: What profession other than yours would you like to attempt?

i would have liked to fly jet fighters.

Q: Do you feel younger or older than your current age?

I am now seriously doubting that i will live for ever and despite my body telling me otherwise from time to time i still think i am as invincible as an eighteen year old.

Q: If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be?

Hitler

Q: What quality do you most admire in a person?

reliability

Q: What is the most interesting place you have ever visited?

Leptis Magna

Q: What is the best advice anyone has ever given you?

to thine own self be true

Q: What would you most like to change about yourself?

i would like to be able to play the piano

Q: What has life taught you?

Its no good crying - get up and get on.

Q: How long have you been a writer?

If we mean books about 10 years

Q: Where do you do your writing?

Usually at home - dont have a schedule and ideas lie dormant for long periods of time

Q: What are the best and worst things about being an author?

Holding your own book is the best thing and being rejected is the worst.

Q: Where do you get your greatest ideas from?

i dont know

Q: Which of your own characters do you most identify with?

Green Janine is a great girl- the dog is turning into quite a character but perhaps i like the cat because it never does what anyone elsewants it to do.

Q: What do you do to combat “writers’ block”?

Wait until it goes away

Q: What was your favourite book as a child?

I am now what some people would call "old" but when i was a child Enid Blyton,s famous five and secret seven books were just coming out. I loved them there were also some comics that had written stories that i enjoyed and then i took up wit CS Forrester and the "Hornblower" stories

Q: What book do you wish you had written?

"Plop the owl who was afraid of the Dark"

Q: What advice would you give to aspiring authors?

The English language is a brilliant tool and is probably the most precise language there is so you are lucky to be good at it.When it comes to being published never lose heart.