Ask the Author: Shirley Goodrum
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Shirley Goodrum
I found a newspaper cutting in my late mother's deedbox. She'd kept it, along with all my early writing, and I knew I had to write the story behind it.
Shirley Goodrum
Sorting out my late mother's estate, I discovered all my early writing in a Jiffy packet. This evidence of her faith in me led me to my writing life and is my inspiration.
Shirley Goodrum
The sequel to 'Baggage in a B Cup'. I'm ten chapters in, and 'Keeping Abreast of Baggage' is taking shape.
Shirley Goodrum
Write, write, write and read read read.There is no other way for the words in your head to get to onto a page and into the head of a reader and to improve your skills.
Shirley Goodrum
It's good for my soul. Writing the book takes me to places I never expected, writing' the end' liberates me, publishing challenges me, good reviews excite me, and my next project awaits me.
Shirley Goodrum
I seldom have writer's block, but I do have a problem in that I do not write as often as I should. I think it's because I refuse to add deadlines into my writing life.
Shirley Goodrum
She ran full speed away from her dead grandfather, but his satanic laughter overtook her. "You'll never escape your own blood and death, Hilda, it's right here."
Shirley Goodrum
I've never thought of this, but it could be an amazing experience - and I love amazing experiences. If I did go, I'd come back and write a book about it.
Shirley Goodrum
Three Weeks in the Summer, by Paul Marriner.
Peaches for Monsier le Cure, by Joanne Harris.
The Great Wide Open, by Douglas Kennedy.
Cometh the Hour, by Jeffrey Archer.
Small Great Things, by Jodi Picoult.
Peaches for Monsier le Cure, by Joanne Harris.
The Great Wide Open, by Douglas Kennedy.
Cometh the Hour, by Jeffrey Archer.
Small Great Things, by Jodi Picoult.
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