Ask the Author: Simon Hertnon
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Simon Hertnon
Just doing what I feel I am on this earth to do. And English is a fascinating language, so writing brings about new linguistic discoveries and creates endless opportunities for irony and humour. Now that I am writing fiction, researching (and travelling) are great joys.
Simon Hertnon
Read. Hone your grammar. Live. Write. Be patient.
Simon Hertnon
Two books. A non-fiction introduction to Optimal Knowledge Working, and my follow-up novel which will be titled Par Avion and is set mainly in Devon in the late 1970s.
Simon Hertnon
For me, writing is as integral to my daily life as eating. No motivation required.
Simon Hertnon
The idea for my current book, The Julian Calendar, came about 26 years ago when I wise family friend counselled me to write my first novel about something I knew well. At that time, I only knew about my own messy love-life and the amazing new friendship I had developed with a gay man who was 40 years my senior. So I decided to write about that, despite having a dozen other story ideas queued up. Now it's taken me 25 years to publish the novel, but I'm a much better writer now and those other stories are still there. One of them will be my next novel, Par Avion.
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