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Diane Connell

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DIANE CONNELL was born and educated in New Zealand and has lived and worked in Japan, France and the UK. She began her writing career in a newspaper office in Tokyo before becoming an advertising copywriter and writing for the international non-profit sector. For many years she lived in Paris, where she began writing as a novelist. She later moved to London, where her first two books, Julian Corkle is a Filthy Liar and Sherry Cracker Gets Normal, were published under the name of D.J. Connell. She now lives in Sydney.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Diane Connell I think writer's block is not an isolated thing. It's comes as part of a general state of mind or emotions. A malaise.

Writers require solitude to wri…moreI think writer's block is not an isolated thing. It's comes as part of a general state of mind or emotions. A malaise.

Writers require solitude to write which can lead to isolation and inward thinking. It is very difficult to create when you feel burdened or closed in. It's like being stuck in a room without windows, a place where the imagination has nowhere to go. The creative mind needs to open up. We need to feel optimism or a sense of possibility to create.

When I feel burdened or shut down, I just keep trying. I keep knocking on the door until it opens. It can be lonely and I will go through long periods of not liking myself or what I do, but I just keep trying until something shifts and the door opens a crack. (less)

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Diane Connell I get to create something that hopefully brings people joy. I am compelled to write and when I don't write or when I write poorly, I don't feel good a…moreI get to create something that hopefully brings people joy. I am compelled to write and when I don't write or when I write poorly, I don't feel good about myself.

I don't write for myself, you see. I write for you, the reader. So I want my work to be good, to have worth, and that is not always easy.(less)

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The Improbable Life of Ricky Bird

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This book is heart-warming, life-affirming, happy and sad. It will make you laugh and cry. The Improbable Life of Ricky Bird (Simon and Schuster 2022) by Diane Connell will appeal to anyone who loved Eleanor Oliphant, or the characters in Ove or The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. This is the kind of book that transports the reader immediately, from the first page, to a place of dee Read more of this blog post »

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“SHE BELIEVED THERE were two types of disaster. There were catastrophes like tidal waves and landslides that came crashing down on their victims with brutal and unavoidable force. Then there was the type of disaster that happened without fanfare, the terrible thing that crept up and slithered in. This thing was silent and relentless like decay but its accumulated effects were devastating. It not only destroyed your life but it also left you feeling impotent and guilty as if you should have noticed earlier and done more to prevent its advance.”
― Diane Connell, The Improbable Life of Ricky Bird

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