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Julia Jarman
http://www.juliajarman.comjuliajarman@btopenworld.com
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Q: What were you like at school?
What were you like at school? When I was good I was very, very good. But when I was bad I was horrid. (See the most outrageous thing I ever did.)
Q: What did you want to be when you were a child?
A writer and a detective and a surgeon and an explorer but mostly a writer.
Q: Which three words describe you best?
A terrible show-off
Q: What is your favourite word?
Home
Q: What makes you cringe?
My mum boasting about me.
Q: What are you afraid of?
The BHG. Big Hairy Goony
Q: When did you last have a really good laugh?
At Great Granny’s funeral, when three year Lois said, ‘When is granny going to get out of her box?’ Sorry!
Q: What do you do as a hobby?
I create a wild and wonderful garden.
Q: What strange habits do you have?
That would be telling too much.
Q: What’s your favourite food?
I’m an omnivore with a penchant for puddings.
Q: What do you day dream about?
My stories.
Q: What’s the most outrageous thing you’ve done?
I trapped a teacher in a teacher trap. (I was 10.)
Q: Do you feel younger or older than your current age?
LOTS younger of course.
Q: What quality do you most admire in a person?
Kindness.
Q: What is the best advice anyone has ever given you?
Sorry, I wasn’t listening.
Q: What would you most like to change about yourself?
I would like to be silent and mysterious - for a change!
Q: What has life taught you?
To live every moment.
Q: How long have you been a writer?
For love - since I was seven. For love and money - since I was thirty seven.
Q: Was there a specific moment in your life when you decide to become a writer?
When I read that Jo in ‘Little Women’ became a writer, I thought that’s what I want to do.
Q: Where do you do your writing?
Any table, any chair, in bed, anywhere, but mostly in my study on my computer.
Q: What are the best and worst things about being an author?
The best is being free to order my day and write what I want to write - and hear people say they enjoy what I write. Worst? Criticism.
Q: Where do you get your greatest ideas from?
Life and my imagination.
Q: What do you do to combat “writers’ block”?
I talk to a friend or go for a walk.
Q: What was your favourite book as a child?
Little Women
Q: What book do you wish you had written?
The Mousehole Cat by Antonia Barber.
Q: What advice would you give to aspiring authors?
Read. Imagine. Do it.
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