Ask the Author: Lizzie Eldridge
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Lizzie Eldridge
Narnia, of course. Who wouldn't want to be wrapped in soft warm fur and indulge in Turkish Delight? :) If I could go to Narnia, I'd walk through the snow and take in the feel of a land where time stands still. I'd simply breathe in the sharp frosty air that formed such a significant part of my childhood.
Lizzie Eldridge
For me, mysteries are unanswered questions and life is abundant with these. Literature is one way to explore and probe the mysteries of life - not necessarily to provide answers but to use the imagination to examine them more deeply.
Duende is a concept which has haunted me since I first came into contact with the word. In my novel of the same name, I found characters and, through the writing, a story in which the notion of duende is somehow evident at every level of the book. The writing of this story was a journey which took me to so many unknown places, with so many unexplained 'coincidences' along the way.
The mystery of duende - and the mysteries which emerged through the writing of a story set in a place and time beyond my own experience - could easily provide the plot for another book: all the strange things that happened along the way which even now, after several years, I still cannot explain.
Duende is a concept which has haunted me since I first came into contact with the word. In my novel of the same name, I found characters and, through the writing, a story in which the notion of duende is somehow evident at every level of the book. The writing of this story was a journey which took me to so many unknown places, with so many unexplained 'coincidences' along the way.
The mystery of duende - and the mysteries which emerged through the writing of a story set in a place and time beyond my own experience - could easily provide the plot for another book: all the strange things that happened along the way which even now, after several years, I still cannot explain.
Lizzie Eldridge
My favourite fictional couple? Well, 2 children actually. A little boy and a little girl growing up during the 'troubles' in Northern Ireland during the 1980s. Although the ultimate consequences of their behaviour is horrific, they are so well drawn and contextualised within a book that's had a massive impact on me - Neil Mackay's 'All the Little Guns Went Bang Bang Bang.' I highly recommend this novel as it's brilliantly written and captivating from start to end.
Lizzie Eldridge
I've literally just started working on my next novel. I wrote 50,000 words of a previous book and then got stuck. I couldn't move the plot (such as it was) further and I had too many ideas and I left it alone for a while. But on the basis of some of these ideas - not all! - I've now found a new story which I hope I have the ability and stamina to see through to the end. Location-wise, it includes the Spain of Duende, Glasgow (the city where my forthcoming novel, Vandalism takes place), and Malta, which is now my home. So we'll see where this ends up :)
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