Ask the Author: Sally Quilford
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Sally Quilford
I tend to allow myself a couple of days of not being a writer, then I make myself do something, whether it's editing an old piece or starting on something new. Editing an old piece is a very good way of freeing up the wheels, as you find yourself writing without even realising.
Sally Quilford
You get paid (if you're lucky) for telling people about your dreams and fantasies. It also brings you into contact with some great people.
Sally Quilford
Don't worry too much about the 'rules'. If you do, it will be like having an editor sitting on your shoulder telling you that everything you do is rubbish. Just write. You can always edit and tidy it up later.
Sally Quilford
The follow up to my first Bobbie Blandford novel.
Sally Quilford
Usually when I have a pressing idea for a story. I can't write unless I have something definite to write and I don't go along with the idea that authors have to write a certain number of words each day. But when I am inspired, I'm capable of writing a lot in a very short time.
Sally Quilford
It's a sequel to my last Bobbie Blandford novel, The Last Dance, but it was also inspired by a book I read about a suave conman from the fifties.
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