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Neil Arksey
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Q: What is your favourite word?
Slubberdegullion. I liked it so much I made it the title of one of chapters in As Good As Dead In Downtown.
Q: What did you want to be when you were a child?
A stuntman.
Q: What do you do as a hobby?
I don't really have hobbies as such but I love to read and I love to swim. I like to daydream. I walk a lot and, like just about everybody on the planet, I watch movies and TV dramas. I love sleeping. And I especially LOVE food.
Q: What’s your favourite food?
Fresh seafood. Biscuits dunked in tea.
Q: Do you feel younger or older than your current age?
Depends which day you catch me on. Mostly younger but today (I'm in a lot of pain recovering from an operation) I feel about 90.
Q: Where do you do your writing?
In a quietish room, on a laptop. But I do a lot of my thinking when I'm walking around. And that is probably the most important bit.
Q: What was your favourite book as a child?
A Fish Out Of Water. Marianne Dreams. Huckleberry Finn. Stig of the Dump. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.
Q: What advice would you give to aspiring authors?
Read. Read. Read. Read widely. Try new writers and new genres. If you like them, read more. If you don't, don't. Think about what it is that you like about certain books and try to emulate that when you have a go at writing. Think about what you don't like in certain books and try to avoid that when you write. Write. Write. Write. The best way to understand how to write is to do it. And keep doing it. The biggest single factor that separates published writers from all the very talented unpublished writers out there is probably their pig-headed determination and donkey-like stubbornness.
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MacB
ISBN
0-141-30415-4
Published By
Penguin
Status
In Print -
Brooksie
ISBN
0440863813
Published By
Random House
Status
In Print -
Flint
ISBN
0440864208
Status
Out of Print -
As Good As Dead In Downtown
ISBN
0141310529
Status
Out of Print -
Result!
ISBN
0141302062
Status
Out of Print -
Playing On The Edge
ISBN
0141307501
Status
Out of Print -
Sudden Death
ISBN
0440864461
Status
Out of Print
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