Ask the Author: Thomas Hocknell
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Thomas Hocknell
I always intended my Life Assistance Agency to be a series of books from the instant that the Commissioning Editor at Random House asked me if it had sequels. I made up the sequel's title Blind Fury on the spot, which led to the idea of having a retired wrestler Billy 'Blind' Fury as a character. Since this working title, I've been toying with the idea of the Life Assistance Agency & the Late Night Loneliness of a Pop Star. It echoes Herge's Tintin books - the Life Assistance Agency in Tibet, etc, which basically looks like a thinly disguised excuse to go travelling for 'research'. I've been long obsessed with what successful pop stars do once their moment in the sun inevitably fades and they're left with the mansion and a swimming pool in the shape of their own ego.
Thomas Hocknell
I have a lie down.
Thomas Hocknell
I’ve always said that the easiest place to be inspired is when you are furthest from a pen. So a raft adrift in the Pacific is probably the best place to be writing an unforgettable novel – at least it had better be, or you’ll never get the chance to write it down
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