Ask the Author: Christopher Jory
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Christopher Jory
From my time in Italy, and a love of place. And in a very roundabout way, a book called Rising Ground - it has nothing in common with the book I'm currently writing, except that it deals with the influence that places have on their people.
Christopher Jory
Being passionate about something or someone. A little wine and cheese (preferably goat) also helps - its company can tempt me to sit down and work.
Christopher Jory
The day-job's keeping me pretty busy at the moment, but I'm also working on a synopsis for another novel (set in Italy).
Christopher Jory
Keep working at it - writing tends to get easier, and better, the more you put into it. Don't send things out to agents/publishers until it really is ready (I'm sure I made that mistake many times). And never give up - statistically, it might be most likely that nothing ever comes of it, but you only need to get lucky once.
Christopher Jory
I imagine a sense of freedom would be the best aspect of being a full-time writer. More generally, I guess the best thing is a feeling of satisfaction at having created something that didn't exist beforehand, and which hopefully people will enjoy reading. It's also good when you lose yourself in what you're doing - when it's suddenly 4am and you hadn't even realised you'd passed midnight.
Christopher Jory
Walk away and come back again later when you're in a different mood. Actually, I don't write every day - I also have a full-time job - so when I manage to sit down and write it's usually the case that I know what I want to do, so writer's block hasn't been much of a problem so far.
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