Ask the Author: Nigel Jay Cooper
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Nigel Jay Cooper
Really tough one, actually. Favourite non-couple who should be one: Eponine and Marius from Les Mis (greatest unrequited love of all time, for me)... Or Louis and Lestat from Interview with the Vampire... they're a great couple in all but name... But I'm procrastinating...
If pushed, I'm going with Hazel and Augustus from The Fault in our Stars...
If pushed, I'm going with Hazel and Augustus from The Fault in our Stars...
Nigel Jay Cooper
Hi Michelle
Firstly, thank you so much for your lovely review. You missed a fresh Game of Thrones to finish it ... it's my book and I'm not sure even I'd do that :D
To answer your question, I was the stay at home parent with my two children, so in that sense, I brought some of my emotional experience as a man in that role to the table with Adam in Beat The Rain - the same with being a writer.
That said, I've been in a very happy relationship for the past 22 years, so Adam and Louise's marriage isn't reflective of my own ... I'd like to think we both make less questionable decisions than they do :)
Firstly, thank you so much for your lovely review. You missed a fresh Game of Thrones to finish it ... it's my book and I'm not sure even I'd do that :D
To answer your question, I was the stay at home parent with my two children, so in that sense, I brought some of my emotional experience as a man in that role to the table with Adam in Beat The Rain - the same with being a writer.
That said, I've been in a very happy relationship for the past 22 years, so Adam and Louise's marriage isn't reflective of my own ... I'd like to think we both make less questionable decisions than they do :)
Nigel Jay Cooper
I had the idea for Beat The Rain pottering around in my head for years because I'd written a short story where a woman married her deceased boyfriend's brother. Basically, the characters wouldn't go away, because they kept niggling at me - I kept wondering how that worked out for them. So in the end, I wrote it out of my system.
Nigel Jay Cooper
Easy: Margaret Atwood.
Nigel Jay Cooper
My second novel, a psychological thriller called The Possessing Things.
Nigel Jay Cooper
Write. Don't talk about writing. Don't talk about not having the time to write. Just write.
Nigel Jay Cooper
I love the process and those rare moments when you are in the 'zone' and your writing gets to the point that it feels like it's happening outside of you. That's magical.
Nigel Jay Cooper
I just keep writing and don't question whether it's good or not. I've learned you can fix anything when you edit and rewrite but it's much better to just get something down.
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