Ask the Author: Ann Gadd
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Ann Gadd
Walking along the beach in a storm, I was at a particularly low place in my life—struggling to raise two children on an author's/artist's income (or lack thereof). On the crest of the foam on a wave right in front of me, was a crisp, dry R100 note. (Local currency.) There was no-one else on the beach. Just me and this gift. An unsolved mystery, but one which gave me the courage to continue.
Ann Gadd
Blindfolded and bound at the bottom of the deep, dark water, I envisage the cheers from the crowds when I surface victorious, free from my chains and locks. I contort my body to retrieve my hidden key, only to feel it slip helplessly out of my fingers.
Ann Gadd
I enjoy variety, so I'd definitely want my own Wishing-Chair as per Enid Blighton's The Adventures of the Wishing Chair to go wherever I pleased. I would need the updated chair version though to choose my own destinations, (the original model of the chair goes where it pleases). This would then avoid Kirri-Kirri the witch and the giant etc. and allow me to travel Umbria, Fiji and remote places where conventional transport doesn't service.
Ann Gadd
Have just ordered Travel Light, Move Fast by Alexandra Fuller which I'm eager to begin. I love her writing. Then going to try Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb. The Flame by Leonard Cohen to whose songs I would croon in my youth. Then from my bookclub have taken out Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig. To inspire myself, I've promised a reread of Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic, which is just the most wonderful book for those procrastination days (I'm having one today).
Ann Gadd
Fortunately I'm an artist as well so when one creative aspect feels blocked I head to the other. It works out (usually).
Ann Gadd
You get to miss the traffic! Also the research - I love that part. So many ideas to follow. So many great minds to explore.
Ann Gadd
Do it! Take the idea and run with it, avoiding those niggling voices that tell you you can't, that its beyond you etc. Oh yes and keep meticulous end-notes from the beginning!
Ann Gadd
I have just finished a book on Sex and the Enneagrams, so right now, I'm promising myself a couple of weeks break before embarking on the next project.
Ann Gadd
I get an idea and I just have to research it and find out more.
Ann Gadd
In 2007 I was at this hotel and there was this huge buffet and I was watching how different people negotiated the food choices. I saw first-hand how different people approached eating in such a varied way. I started combining this with suspected Enneagram types. This, together with my own personal search for weightloss sparked the idea for the book.
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