Ask the Author: Anthony Gardner
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Anthony Gardner
Mr and Mrs Micawber in 'David Copperfield'. Mr Micawber's protestations of his inadequacy as a husband, and his wife's desperate eagerness to forgive him, are both hilariously melodramatic and deeply touching
Anthony Gardner
If you stick to a routine, you shouldn't get it. I aim to write 1,000 words a day and sit at my desk for as long as it takes. If you're not sure what to write next, write anything and see what happens
Anthony Gardner
Discovering what happens next in your own book
Anthony Gardner
Don't give up! The Rivers of Heaven took sixteen years to find a publisher
Anthony Gardner
A novel set partly in the 1970s and partly in the modern day
Anthony Gardner
The theme comes first: in the case of Fox, the surveillance society; in the case of The Rivers of Heaven, the urge to recapture the past. The plot and characters follow
Anthony Gardner
From observing the large number of urban foxes in my part of London - and the large number of surveillance cameras everywhere
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