Ask the Author: Sam Hawksmoor
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Sam Hawksmoor
Yes it should be. Not entirely sure how to get them to comply however.
Happy you enjoyed the books though.
Take a look at my new book ‘Girl with Cat (Blue)’. You might enjoy .
Sam
Happy you enjoyed the books though.
Take a look at my new book ‘Girl with Cat (Blue)’. You might enjoy .
Sam
Sam Hawksmoor
There's a skip behind a building in the BBC grounds filled with discarded characters and if you ask them nicely they will agree to appear in one's stories if you promise them a sequel.
Sam Hawksmoor
Hi Shaona,
hmm, the most difficult part of my latest book 'Girl with Cat (Blue)' was having to invent an entire parallel London (called Lundein) that exists in the same space as London but has an entirely different history, then swapping between the two worlds as we follow the story of two identical girls living in both.
The inspiration for this book came from a painting in a gallery (It's true that pictures inspire a thousand words or slightly more in this case).
However with my book Marikka it was inspired by a true event, a father who didn't want to pay tax decided to burn his house down with the family in it. Marikka is the girl who escaped but thought she would be blamed.
As for energising or exhausting? I am energised when I finally think of a new story and write like a demon (by hand) when inspired. The next ten drafts of the manuscript can be exhausting and then responding to readers comments (which are often incredibly useful). But one always has to keep in mind the original enthusiasm.
I hope all is well with you and studies going well. I also hope you will discover 'Girl with Cat (Blue)' my best book yet (I hope).
Be well
Sam
hmm, the most difficult part of my latest book 'Girl with Cat (Blue)' was having to invent an entire parallel London (called Lundein) that exists in the same space as London but has an entirely different history, then swapping between the two worlds as we follow the story of two identical girls living in both.
The inspiration for this book came from a painting in a gallery (It's true that pictures inspire a thousand words or slightly more in this case).
However with my book Marikka it was inspired by a true event, a father who didn't want to pay tax decided to burn his house down with the family in it. Marikka is the girl who escaped but thought she would be blamed.
As for energising or exhausting? I am energised when I finally think of a new story and write like a demon (by hand) when inspired. The next ten drafts of the manuscript can be exhausting and then responding to readers comments (which are often incredibly useful). But one always has to keep in mind the original enthusiasm.
I hope all is well with you and studies going well. I also hope you will discover 'Girl with Cat (Blue)' my best book yet (I hope).
Be well
Sam
Sam Hawksmoor
That's a hard question. Overtime I think I'd like to go into the past for example I remember everyone smoked, there are no antibiotics, people died of measles and pollution was everywhere. But then again if someone wrote about paradise where there are no dangers at all - how boring that would be.
That said I think around 1856 westward bound for California would be an adventure in every sense and I think open a business in San Francisco.
That said I think around 1856 westward bound for California would be an adventure in every sense and I think open a business in San Francisco.
Sam Hawksmoor
Surviving a fire when others didn't
Sam Hawksmoor
Lyra and Will in Northern Lights
Sam Hawksmoor
A walk. Go see a movie. Walk someone else's dog. Just forget what you were trying to do and the mind will free itself.
Sam Hawksmoor
No commuting. Being excited by an idea and sharing it with readers.
The research (although you can get carried away with it and avoid actual writing).
The research (although you can get carried away with it and avoid actual writing).
Sam Hawksmoor
Consider a paying profession first
Sam Hawksmoor
An alt London based story with the other London at war. It's complicated.
Sam Hawksmoor
FIrst and idea. Then discipline is applied and coffee. Lots of coffee
Sam Hawksmoor
The threat of a virus overwhelming us all interests me. So together with Sam North we rewrote and edited his pandemic thriller 'Another Place To Die' exploring issues such as what happens if you survive. What then?
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Apr 23, 2019 06:32AM · flag
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