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Ask the Author: Steve Langley

“My first novel, Borrowed Time, is available in paperback and on Kindle through Amazon. It is about the expat experience in Hong Kong in the runup to the handover to Chinese rule in 1997.

” Steve Langley

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?
Steve Langley When it works, it's almost as good as sex.
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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
Steve Langley Just do it. Keep the faith. Never give up and don't be deterred by the market or by publishers' limited parameters.
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What are you currently working on?
Steve Langley Mulling. Something on London, maybe, my home town
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How do you get inspired to write?
Steve Langley Always wanted to be a writer. My careers master at school said I'd be better off getting a job as an estate agent.
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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
Steve Langley I lived and worked in Hong Kong as a journalist in the five years before the handover. Much of the novel is based on personal experience and observation (though it is NOT autobiographical, I hasten to add).
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