Ask the Author: Bea Turvey
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Bea Turvey
Go for a long walk or long drive or socialise. Something, somewhere will reset the trigger then, Bang! The hard part is getting to a pen in time... especially if you're driving!
Bea Turvey
You get to say everything you ever wanted! Pauses and hesitations and awkwardness don't matter; the state of your hair and make-up and whether or not a zit is bubbling away on your nose is irrelevant; the pen cares not whether you're in a good or bad mood or have a cold - the words will come if you let them.
Bea Turvey
Don't stop reading, don't stop writing and don't stop exploring - everything is important, from the way a doorknob feels under your hand to the curious artefact in a little known museum to the hysterical stories of your 90 year-old neighbour.
Bea Turvey
I'm a terrible author and I write the way I read - several books at once! I'm working on three different novels and it depends on my mood as to which one will develop that day.
Bea Turvey
It's not so much inspiration as the desperate need to write, just write. More often than not, I have no idea what is about to flow out of my pen and can't wait to see where the story takes the characters.
Bea Turvey
If we're talking Banished I really don't know. For Golden Obsession it started off with the nature/nurture idea and what happens when a woman isn't who she thought she was.
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