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Christian Ellingsen

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Christian Ellingsen grew up first near treacle mines in Hampshire and then in the depths of the South Wales valleys.

He attended the University of Wales, Lampeter, and Cardiff University, graduating with a BA in History & English and a MA in Creative Writing. After several jobs in community regeneration in one of the most deprived areas in Wales, he worked for the BBC, first on the Switchover Help Scheme and then in Radio Drama.

He lives with his wife and daughter a stone’s throw north of London.

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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Christian Ellingsen Given that I will be entering the world of parenthood over the summer period, I suspect my reading list will consist mainly of books like The Highway …moreGiven that I will be entering the world of parenthood over the summer period, I suspect my reading list will consist mainly of books like The Highway Rat and the new Mr Men/Doctor Who books.(less)

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Christian Ellingsen I’m lucky, I don’t get full-on writer’s block *touches wood*. There are days and weeks where the words will come more slowly - painfully slow at times…moreI’m lucky, I don’t get full-on writer’s block *touches wood*. There are days and weeks where the words will come more slowly - painfully slow at times - but they never stop completely.

What’s been of benefit over the past few years has been working as a bid writer, where you’re often working to very tight deadlines that cannot be avoided or put back and people would likely get very upset if you were to miss them. It quickly trains you to just sit down and write regardless of whether the words are flowing or not. It’s useful to remind myself that all I have to do is write, it doesn’t have to be good, it’s allowed to be absolutely terrible, as I know I will get to edit it. Editing is a lot simpler than writing. With editing I’m dealing with something that exists. With writing I’m creating something from nothing.

A lot of the times when the words are coming more slowly it’s because I’m not quite sure where things are going or what should be happening in a scene. Having an outline or making notes as I’m going along can help with this. I don’t have to keep to it slavishly. If better ideas come along I can go with them. If I think of something that should be in a scene, I jot it down for later so when I reach it I’ll have a better sense of what it should be and where it is going. Also, again, just writing without any need for it to be good can help. It will often mean a scene is long and meandering and I don’t really get to the heart of it until I’ve written hundreds of words, but I know that later I’ll edit out all the stuff that isn’t really needed. It may not seem efficient, but neither is waiting to write until I’m hit with inspiration.

The final thing that helps is tea. There’s something in the process of making tea and then sitting down to drink it that is relaxing and reassuring and gives a moment of pause that helps the words flow again. There was actually a study back in around 2009 and that showed that tea and the process of making it helps reduce stress, especially for British people.(less)

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	A Divided River (Tales From Vasini #1) 3.32 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silver Mask (The Vasini Chronicles #1) 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cities Beyond the Signal 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beasts of the Wildlands (Tales From Vasini, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Murder in the Docklands: Tales From Vasini III 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The City Between the Books & The Bridge People 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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US people, my Goodreads giveaway of The Broken Coin: The Vasini Chronicles III is live.

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The front cover to a fantasy novel. A broken gold coin is set against an icy background. A crack runs through the coin from top right to bottom left. Nearly all of the very centre of the coin is missing, bar a crescent of metal that arches between the cracks to the top and bottom. The title reads: The Vasini Chronicles III: The Broken Coin. At the bottom is the author’s name: Christian Ellingsen.

Since Vasini’s refounding after the fall of the deities, coin has been at the city’s heart. It is coin that has allowed it to prosper, given power to those who rule, and allows the so-called p

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Stranger Things: The Complete Scripts, Season 2

by The Duffer Brothers

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Winter's Heart (Wheel of Time, #9)

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Gods of the Fall

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