Ask the Author: Tim Brookes

“The digital edition of my book Endangered Alphabets is now available on iTunes. I'll gladly discuss what it was like to create the book using iBooks Author, which has its pros and cons.” Tim Brookes

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Tim Brookes The trick is to write the way you talk. Then you get inspired to write whenever you get inspired to say something.
Tim Brookes I got the idea for The Ghosts of Good Intentions when I was stranded in Philadelphia airport. I highly recommend it: if you have eight hours in a departure lounge, you have pretty much nothing to do *except* write.
Tim Brookes This is the subject of my forthcoming book First Time Author. But here's just one tip: the only way to become a more interesting writer is to become a more interesting person.
Tim Brookes Never having to wear a tie.
Tim Brookes Aha! I deal with this question in First Time Author. I don't believe there is such a thing as writer's block--that's a shorthand term for a range of writing problems, all of which can be solved.
Tim Brookes I'm currently working on First Time Author and First Time Publisher, an audio edition of The Driveway Diaries, and a collection of NPR essays called The Ghosts of Good Intentions.

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