Ask the Author: Avril Joy
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Avril Joy
When a reader tells you that you've written a fantastic book that they love - that is definiely the biggest buzz of all.
Avril Joy
Read, read, read. Write, write, write. Write what you love, the book you would love to read. Let your imagination soar, don't be hemmed in. Persistence is what will pay off. Success is in large part about turning up
Avril Joy
I'm currently working on a new novel - the title of which is The Astronomer's House - its set in the Fen sin East Anglia in the UK another watery place and it spans 18th century to the present day.
Avril Joy
I'm often inspired by place. So travelling and visting new places, or re-visting old haunts often set my creative juices going. I usually start with place and then look for the people who inhabit it and their story.
Avril Joy
The idea for Sometimes A River Song came some years back when I watched a documentary programme about a fast disappearing river boat community in Arkansas USA. The place and the way of life on the water intrigued me but I didn't come back to it until I started writing short stories using the setting. One of which was shortlitsed for the Raymond Carver Short Story Prize nad one for The Manchester prize for Fiction. These listings gave me the confidence to carry on and start on the novel.
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