Ask the Author: Kristen Alexander
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Kristen Alexander
Accept that you can't move forward so go backwards. Revise what you have done. In correcting and rewriting, you will eventually be able to move forward. I find that thinking about what I have already written frees up my mind for 'the next bit'.
Kristen Alexander
Research. Compiling the research into the story. Losing yourself in the story. Finally seeing that story in print.
Kristen Alexander
Pick up a pen. Start small (I wrote a series of articles based on Clive Caldwell before embarking on his biography) and the larger story will grow.
Kristen Alexander
In November 2012, the National Library of Australia commissioned me to write an account of the 1930s record-making pilot Lores Bonney, based on items held in the Library’s collection, as part of the Collection Highlights series. It will be published in 2016.
Kristen Alexander
I always loved reading and enjoyed creative writing as a child.
Kristen Alexander
There had been little time in the final months of writing Jack Davenport, Beaufighter Leader to read for pleasure and I saved up a pile of old favourites and new books for a literary splurge. Near the top was H.E. Bates’ lyrical and moving account of the Battle of Britain, A Moment in Time. It was as fresh as on my first reading but this time it provoked a new thought. When an Australian appeared, I wondered if Australian pilots had fought in the Battle of Britain or if Bates had exercised inclusive literary licence. I decided to find out.
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