Ask the Author: Helen McCabe
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Helen McCabe
I have to write the 4th Piper book. Otherwise he comes to spirit me away.
Helen McCabe
Difficult question. I would return to certain times in the past and see if I could change history which would be fun. If I could, the world would be a better place than it is now.
Helen McCabe
I have a lot of books I am reading over this summer. I have read a lot of them too. You should look at some of my ltest reviews to find out which they were' Thank you.
Helen McCabe
Hi, Jane, Sorry for taking so long to answer you but I have been very ill and was unable to do much. However, I am now trying to catch up with everything. Thank you for enquiring about me. Best, Helen.
Helen McCabe
Difficult question as this is the 3rd book in a trilogy. I began thinking about writing the first book in the 90s! The idea had something to do with my past, which I can't go into here and I never meant there to be a second or a third, but they just grew out of it.
Helen McCabe
I was inspired to write from reading at an early age, maybe 6.. My mother was a printer's reader and she brought books home every night and I read them to her to help with her work. That's where I discovered reading and then writing were everything I wanted at that time, and have remained so ever since. Later, I was an assistant librarian and then had access to hundreds of books, which I started to read as well. That's why I wanted to write them too.
Helen McCabe
I am working on the third book, The Piercing, in my horror/thriller in the Piper Trilogy, published by www.telos.co.uk. It is a scary book and sometimes it scares me and I have to stop for a day or so. I am well into it now and have to get a move on as I was commissioned to write it!
Helen McCabe
Just get down to the work and do it. So many people say to me, I could write a novel, if I had the time. I always make time, because it is something I need to do. Keep at it and never give up even though you are rejected. I did, and know I have written over 30 books and many of them have been successes.
Helen McCabe
Being able to create my fantasies in print. I also like making other people happy - hopefully - or scare them with my horror novels, because I believe that is what they want.
Helen McCabe
Luckily, I have never had it! I have stories in my head all the time that I can fall back upon.
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