Ask the Author: Donald Hounam
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Donald Hounam
Treasure Island. Snaffle the moolah.
Donald Hounam
I still want to know what happened to the fountain pen that vanished from the mantelpiece when I was 11...
Donald Hounam
First there was Covid. Then there was lockdown.
Donald Hounam
I don't do summer reading lists. I think I'm going to take a crack at The Essex Serpent, but that's about all I have planned...
Donald Hounam
Of course, I'm tempted by some of the Usual Suspects: Emma Woodhouse and Mr Knightly; or, if you want blood on the carpet, Cathy and Heathcliff.
But, in the end, let's go for Harriet and Vesey from "A Game of Hide and Seek", by the hugely underrated Elizabeth Taylor. Childhood sweethearts, without every quite realising it, they are separated by circumstances and their own failings. It's a sad story, but then coupledom isn't all beer and skittles...
But, in the end, let's go for Harriet and Vesey from "A Game of Hide and Seek", by the hugely underrated Elizabeth Taylor. Childhood sweethearts, without every quite realising it, they are separated by circumstances and their own failings. It's a sad story, but then coupledom isn't all beer and skittles...
Donald Hounam
A ghost story. I think.
Donald Hounam
Just write stuff. You grab a pen and paper, or a computer. Doesn't matter which. You write things down. You see where they lead and you follow them. Mistakes are inevitable… and a Good Thing. It's slow and it can be incredibly frustrating. But if you keep on keeping on, you wind up with a story.
Whether it's a good or a bad story doesn't matter. You're a writer because you've started writing stuff and you've kept going until you've finished it.
Then you show it to people and pay attention to what they say.
Whether it's a good or a bad story doesn't matter. You're a writer because you've started writing stuff and you've kept going until you've finished it.
Then you show it to people and pay attention to what they say.
Donald Hounam
Writing. Just the process of dreaming along with the words...
Donald Hounam
I know this is tempting providence, but although I've had moments (well days, actually) of utter bewilderment I don't think I've ever experienced real, crash-bang writer's block. In those moments of confusion, however, I try (a) not to panic and (b) to think back to where the problem has its origins (almost certainly not at the point where the the obstacle emerges)...
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