Ask the Author: Andy Maslen
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Andy Maslen
The current state of politics around the world. Plenty of charismatic leaders offering simplistic solutions to complex problems. And football.
Andy Maslen
I think of all the people who have read my stories and I imagine talking to them about the next one. (Also, bills.)
Andy Maslen
The eighth book in my Detective Kat Ballantyne series. A popular (and populist) metropolitan mayoral candidate is kicked to death in front of his wife. Plenty of people hate his ideas but who hates *him* enough to murder him?
Andy Maslen
Don't aspire. Do.
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[name] was [doing something] that would mean [a positive outcome] when [second name] ruined everything by [action that counters first one].
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[name] was [doing something] that would mean [a positive outcome] when [second name] ruined everything by [action that counters first one].
Andy Maslen
The ability to create real people out of thin air.
Andy Maslen
I have a couple of strategies. One is to go for a walk and get some oxygen into my lungs. I let my mind freewheel and it unlocks whatever kitty problem I'm struggling with. Or I write a non-sequential chapter that I know I need and which will be more fun than the one I'm stuck on. I have my friend author John Marrs to thank for that one.
Andy Maslen
The psychopath crept upstairs into the little girl's room. Inside, smiling, she sharpened her knife.
Andy Maslen
I would travel to Ankh Morpork, Terry Pratchett's city where Rincewind the magician begins his series of Discworld adventures. I think I'd try to get work as a scribe and avoid being murdered by a member of the Guild of Assassins.
Andy Maslen
So many! The Exes by Leodora Darlington. The Lamb by Lucy Rose. The Night Manager by John Le Carre. Revival by Stephen King ...
Andy Maslen
The time I was walking through St Albans town centre one Saturday morning with my parents. The narrow streets were crowded with shoppers and tourists. All of a sudden I locked eyes with a little blond boy of maybe 11 or 12, dressed like The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough. https://share.google/pZ7EsKk4uAdBhph4V He smiled enigmatically and then vanished from view.
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