Ask the Author: Patrick Kennedy
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Patrick Kennedy
Dressed in white with an ugly mask on I looked like a luminous vampire creeping down the rear corridor to her desk. Horror movie star Boris Karloff would have been proud as I sneaked up on my nurse friend at 2.45 am on the surgical ward and startled her so badly she screamed a piercing scream waking the whole ward!
Patrick Kennedy
Tony Park's Ghosts of the Past, Breaking News by Paul Barry (about the Murdoch schemozzle in the UK) and The Future of Jesus by Peter Jensen.
Patrick Kennedy
I have never had writer's block. But if I did I would put my writing to one side, go for a bike ride or a swim and try again the next day. It should never be a chore.
Patrick Kennedy
Writing enables me to be creative in a different sort of way. My wife is an excellent artist, my sons are creative when it comes to wood and my daughter is artistic and musical. I have none of these qualities so writing enables me to keep up with them!
Patrick Kennedy
When it comes time to be published never give up. I once gave up on a book only to be phoned by a publisher on my last attempt asking me strongly not to give it to anybody else!
Patrick Kennedy
I am presently working on a children's book and have also started a novel based on the escape of a notorious criminal from an Australian prison.
Patrick Kennedy
I get great enjoyment out of writing so inspiration is not that difficult for me. In fact during 1999 – 2000 I wrote two books at the one time!
Patrick Kennedy
Both my parents worked at Long Bay as nurses in the hospital and I grew up in a prison owned home next to the gaol.
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