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Charles Butler
http://www.charlesbutler.co.ukcharles.hannibal@gmail.com
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Q: What do you do as a hobby?
I play the descant recorder, to the annoyance of my children.
Q: Do you feel younger or older than your current age?
Younger, definitely, and increasingly so.
Q: What did you want to be when you were a child?
A farmer. Until, that is, we visited a farm owned by friends of my parents. The smell put me off for good!
Q: What makes you cringe?
Remembering all the stupid things I've said and done over the years. By this time I have quite a collection!
Q: What strange habits do you have?
I try to avoid turning anti-clockwise when ascending or descending staircases. Why, who knows?
Q: What’s your favourite food?
I've so many! I'll try and combine them into one answer: curried spaghetti ice-cream, with roast potatoes and a roquefort dressing. Mmm!
Q: If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be?
I don't know, but I'd rather meet them alive than dead!
Q: What quality do you most admire in a person?
The ability to be both kind and honest.
Q: What has life taught you?
That you never have all the answers.
Q: How long have you been a writer?
Since I learned to write, in one sense. In other, since I started writing poetry at the age of eight. In a third, since I wrote my first (unpublished) novel at eighteen. In a fourth, since my first publication at the age of 34. In a fifth, I'm still not a writer at all, since I've never lived off my writerly earnings.
Q: Where do you do your writing?
Wherever. I like to write longhand, and it's best done well away from distractions such as the internet. Cafes are good.
Q: What do you do to combat “writers’ block”?
I don't. I'm lucky enough not to rely on my writing for my bread, and if I'm "blocked" I assume it's because I've got nothing to say at the moment. Eventually, though, I start getting the itch that can only be scratched with a nib.
Q: What was your favourite book as a child?
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Then The Dark is Rising. Then The Owl Service.
Q: What advice would you give to aspiring authors?
In a hundred years, no one will care. Do it for yourself - now.
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