Ask the Author: Miriam Halahmy
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Miriam Halahmy
The killed. We went. Let's eat
Miriam Halahmy
Lovely question. Life has so many mysteries to explore and perhaps you are a budding writer who would like to explore your own mysteries. A starting point could be quite simple - someone you brushed past in the street who starts your imagination spinning in different directions; a moment when you are out walking and you realise you are lost; a time when you were in extreme danger. When I was nine I still hadn't learn to swim independently. I was cycling alone on the bank of the local canal where we lived in West London. It was a slippery path and the bike skidded and toppled me. I nearly fell in the water and there was no one around who could have saved me. What would have happened if I had fallen in? I often think of that moment and in fact that canal features in my book The Emergency Zoo. Children had a lot more freedom when I was growing up and as a result many more things happened to them. What has happened in your life which is a mystery you could explore in fiction?
Miriam Halahmy
Many thanks for the prompt. I will add this weekend. I loved writing this book and many thanks for your comments. All the best.
Miriam Halahmy
I make myself write - you have to write your way out of the problem, it is the only method which works.
Miriam Halahmy
I love being able to revisit all the extreme sports I could do when I was younger. But it is mainly about being able to inhabit the worlds and characters of my imagination and take them on a journey of discovery.
Miriam Halahmy
Read not only within the genre you wish to write but as widely as you can. Take a look at my bookshelf and you will see how widely you can write.
Miriam Halahmy
The rewrites to a young adult book which has interest from an American publisher. It is about a girl whose mother is an obsessive compulsive hoarder.
Miriam Halahmy
I have written since childhood and my extensive reading inspired me to do the same as my beloved authors.
Miriam Halahmy
I read a news article on the Features line of the BBC news on my smartphone. Now the book is written and watch this space for some news.
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