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Anna Ralph

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Dr Anna Ralph (Barker) is an award-winning novelist and journalist. Her first novel The Floating Island (Arrow, 2008) won a Betty Trask best debut award from the Society of Authors. It was inspired by the real floating island on Derwentwater in the Lake District and tells the story of Matt, a 15-year-old boy, who rows out to the island with his younger brother to plant a flag with disastrous consequences.

Her second novel Before I Knew Him (Arrow, 2009) was also inspired by landscape, particularly the coast of Northumberland. Much of this novel, which was shortlisted for a Good Housekeeping Good Read award, drew upon the themes Anna had begun to explore in the first book: love, sexuality, memory, trauma, obsession and betrayal.

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Anna Ralph Free writing can and does help when the words stop coming. I like to give myself a targeted free write. This involves setting myself a question or a p…moreFree writing can and does help when the words stop coming. I like to give myself a targeted free write. This involves setting myself a question or a problem I need to solve - how will my character's relationship with X develop, for example. Then write without stopping for 15 minutes. It doesn't matter what you write, even if it is 'must buy more cat food', the act of writing freely will loosen up the creativity that's become stalled for other reasons. (less)
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