Ask the Author: Felicity Price
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Felicity Price
The Harvey Weinstein scandal reminds me of when I was at work, a cub reporter, and one of the editorial bosses came up behind me when I was alone and standing in front of a workbench, reached around my back, cupped his hands under one of my breasts and propositioned me. I was so ashamed, I never told anyone - nobody would believe me when he was one of the powerful.
Felicity Price
Thank you Woody, you are absolutely right - I'm about to fix it on Amazon (but having problems with my password so have to wait til they sort it)
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"Gone Tomorrow" is a sequel to two earlier bestsellers I wrote, published by Random House: "A Sandwich Short of a Picnic" and "Head Over Heels". All three are about the engagingly vulnerable Penny Rushmore, who is sandwiched between demanding teenagers, elderly frail parents, a demanding job, and a husband who decides to run off with the junior partner at his firm. Like the novels of Marian Keyes, it is at times funny and entertaining, at times a little dark and sad, as Penny deals with the issues that strike women of my age - from menopause, breast cancer, and euthanasia, to making the most of today and enjoying the company of your girlfriends, because it could all be gone tomorrow. In "Gone Tomorrow" Penny is a little older, post-menopausal, has a daughter who wants an impossibly big wedding while her son's adorable daughter goes missing in what looks like a custody dispute. While this fortunately hasn't happened to me, I do fear losing those dearest to me and this is what inspired me to write the next sequel, "Gone Tomorrow".
Felicity Price
Most of my inspiration comes from real life, especially my own life. Apart from one book, though, which was memoir dressed up as fiction, none of my novels have been about me. The main characters have had a few things in common with me, but they've also had lots of fictional elements, some based on people I know, and some from observation of strangers. When I know what I want to write about, though, I have to talk very sternly to myself to actually sit down and get on with it. It's not until I'm really into the story that I'm driven to write, day and night, until it's all down on paper.
Felicity Price
Now that I've just finished my ninth novel "Gone Tomorrow" I'm busy following a marketing plan so I can get it reviewed on GoodReads and Amazon, as well as by local papers, magazines. I'm also aiming for a couple of interviews in print and on radio - though it's not as easy as it used to be when the media was so much more open to book news. I find marketing, especially online, takes up a tremendous amount of time and energy, but it's all worthwhile when people buy your book and say nice things about it!
Felicity Price
To keep writing, even if you're not sure it's going anywhere. And if you've not started yet, then what are you waiting for? Just do it - just write. There are heaps of exercises you can do - you can find them in any good book about writing or online - that will help you get started. My all time favourite writer's book is by Stephen King: "Writing: A Memoir of the Craft". I try to read it every year and after I do, I tend to find I have something to say after all. Now that I've finished my ninth novel "Gone Tomorrow" it might be a good time to get Stephen King's memoir out again.
Felicity Price
When I'm writing and the story is just humming along, it's just the best feeling ever. And when the book is out there and people tell me they enjoyed reading it and why, it makes all that hard work sitting in front of a computer screen seem totally worthwhile.
Felicity Price
The demands of daily journalism taught me how to write, no mater the pressure or what was going on around me in the busy newsroom, so I've been lucky not to have experienced writer's block when I've had a book on the go. However, just recently I've found myself - for the first time since I wrote my first novel nearly 20 years ago - without a burning desire to write another book. I hope that the inspiration comes soon, because I do love writing - it's what makes my life feel fulfilled!
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