Ask the Author: Rose Gan
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Rose Gan
Read a good book
Take time away from the keyboard
Watch some tennis
Go for a run or a long swim
Spend the day in the kitchen and create something wonderful to enjoy with a bottle of good wine
Take time away from the keyboard
Watch some tennis
Go for a run or a long swim
Spend the day in the kitchen and create something wonderful to enjoy with a bottle of good wine
Rose Gan
Solving the riddles of my own life through exploring the worlds of others
Rose Gan
Write, write, write as often as you can
Never give up. Someone out there does want to hear you!
Listen to conversations all around you. Keep a notebook to record lines that catch your fancy. No dialogue matches up to what people actually say in real life!
Do not try to share your characters or use them as devices. Let them guide you - however difficult the roads they lead you down!
Never give up. Someone out there does want to hear you!
Listen to conversations all around you. Keep a notebook to record lines that catch your fancy. No dialogue matches up to what people actually say in real life!
Do not try to share your characters or use them as devices. Let them guide you - however difficult the roads they lead you down!
Rose Gan
I am currently working on 'Emporium', the third novel of my trilogy 'Penang Chronicles' which takes up the narrative after the settlement of Prince of Wales Island (Penang) in 1786. But a possession must be held.
'A paradise on earth, Penang – the Pearl of the Orient– has fulfilled its promise becoming the most vibrant port in the Indies in a few short years. But paradise comes at a price for Francis Light and his family. Penang's meteoric rise attracts unwanted attention from both the Dutch and the French, while the Sultan of Kedah rages at the treachery of the British. As the 18th century draws to a close, Penang must fortify and prepare for war, and Light's partner, Martinha Rozells, learns to negotiate the murky waters of colonial prejudice and corruption for the sake of her family.'
'A paradise on earth, Penang – the Pearl of the Orient– has fulfilled its promise becoming the most vibrant port in the Indies in a few short years. But paradise comes at a price for Francis Light and his family. Penang's meteoric rise attracts unwanted attention from both the Dutch and the French, while the Sultan of Kedah rages at the treachery of the British. As the 18th century draws to a close, Penang must fortify and prepare for war, and Light's partner, Martinha Rozells, learns to negotiate the murky waters of colonial prejudice and corruption for the sake of her family.'
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