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Jonathan Shipton
http://www.jonathanshipton.co.ukjcs@shipton.greenisp.org
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Q: What were you like at school?
Worried. I was sent away to boarding school when I was seven
Q: What did you want to be when you were a child?
A train driver so I could escape from my school - there was a train line at the bottom of the playing field.
Q: Which three words describe you best?
Curious. Creative. Curmudgeonly.
Q: What is your favourite word?
Flapdoodle
Q: What makes you cringe?
TV Talent shows.
Q: What are you afraid of?
Things that go bump in the night.
Q: When did you last have a really good laugh?
Playing snowballs with my family.
Q: What is your most treasured possession?
My home in Wales
Q: What do you do as a hobby?
I’m a cartoonist and card maker.
Q: What strange habits do you have?
I whistle a lot.
Q: What’s your favourite food?
Cheese.
Q: What do you day dream about?
Being a bird.
Q: What’s the most outrageous thing you’ve done?
I'm saving it up for when I'm much older.
Q: What profession other than yours would you like to attempt?
Teaching
Q: Do you feel younger or older than your current age?
When I was young I felt old; now I'm older I feel quite young.
Q: If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be?
The poet Sylvia Plath.
Q: What quality do you most admire in a person?
Playfullness.
Q: What is the most interesting place you have ever visited?
The temples of Gokarna in South India.
Q: What is the best advice anyone has ever given you?
People who don't make mistakes don't make anything.
Q: What would you most like to change about yourself?
I'd like to be a little less shy.
Q: What has life taught you?
Some people can dance and I'm not one of them.
Q: How long have you been a writer?
Since I was about ten.
Q: Was there a specific moment in your life when you decide to become a writer?
It was probably in 1996 when my youngest son started going to playschool
Q: Where do you do your writing?
I always start my writing at the kitchen table with pen, paper and biscuits and then I when I'm happy with the rough outline of a story or poem I move on to the computer and leave the biscuits behind.
Q: What are the best and worst things about being an author?
The best thing is knowing that your words are being enjoyed by people all over the world. The worst thing is spending months working on a story only to discover it is utter rubbish!
Q: Where do you get your greatest ideas from?
Children.
Q: Which of your own characters do you most identify with?
Emily because she is quite stubborn and crazy and loves guinea pigs.
Q: What do you do to combat “writers’ block”?
I tidy up my desk, throw things away and dig up potatoes
Q: What was your favourite book as a child?
A tiny picture book called 'The Inquisitive Harvest Mouse.'
Q: What book do you wish you had written?
'Where the Wild Things are' by Maurice Sendak
Q: What advice would you give to aspiring authors?
Read A Lot.
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