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Q: What were you like at school?
I went to four different schools - liked some hated others and was a different sort of person in each school. But I always hated sport.
Q: What did you want to be when you were a child?
Railway steam engine driver- children wanted to do that sort of thing when I was young.(Actually, I still do.)
Q: Which three words describe you best?
Intense, humorous,
Q: What is your favourite word?
Drama
Q: What makes you cringe?
Writing about myself - like this.
Q: What are you afraid of?
Getting old
Q: When did you last have a really good laugh?
Last night, with friends remembering when we were younger.
Q: What is your most treasured possession?
A sword that was carried in the Charge of the Light Brigade
Q: What do you do as a hobby?
Climb mountains
Q: What strange habits do you have?
I arrange everything on my (very large) desk every day. I can't start writing until I have done this and the CDs (I listen to music sometimes when I write) have to be at right angles to the computer towers.
Q: What’s your favourite food?
Cheese (like Wallace!)
Q: What do you day dream about?
Being in command of a sailing ship - unfortunately I get sea sick, but I can dream.
Q: What’s the most outrageous thing you’ve done?
I can't tell you.
Q: What profession other than yours would you like to attempt?
To be a chef
Q: Do you feel younger or older than your current age?
Much much younger.
Q: If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be?
Shakespeare - greatest writer who ever lived,anywhere,anytime
Q: What quality do you most admire in a person?
To tell me things I don't know
Q: What is the most interesting place you have ever visited?
Venice
Q: What is the best advice anyone has ever given you?
Do your work well, then have your fun
Q: What would you most like to change about yourself?
My age - can I have thrity years knocked off please?
Q: What has life taught you?
We are only remembered for what we have done
Q: How long have you been a writer?
30 years
Q: Was there a specific moment in your life when you decide to become a writer?
Yes when a teacher at schoolsent my poem to a national competition and it won.
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