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Anna Faversham

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Charles Dickens, the classics

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I have lived most of my life in Kent, England but I’ve also lived in New Zealand and central Africa. Both had a lasting influence. Africa dragged my love of writing to the surface. Living some forty miles from the nearest tarmac road and seventy from anything pretending to be a bookshop, I soon ran out of bedtime stories for the children. Scribbling began.

On returning to England, fiction had to take a back seat as real life took over, you know the sort of thing - a proper job to keep feeding the mortgage and the growing family, and chores, chores and more chores. But a love of writing finally erupted into regular tap-tapping. I've written and read for the BBC and published short stories.

Finally, a little more time was found, seven novels h
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Anna Faversham I grew up by the sea. I sat in a hidey hole on the cliffs to do my homework, never dreaming that one day I would incorporate my secret getaway into a …moreI grew up by the sea. I sat in a hidey hole on the cliffs to do my homework, never dreaming that one day I would incorporate my secret getaway into a book (One Dark Night). I visited smugglers caves and was enthralled with the great caverns that had been carved out and lengthy, miles long tunnels. They featured in Hide in Time. And yes, I have sailed. Not very well but the family have chartered yachts on Loch Lomond and in the Lake District. And we've sailed around the Isle of Wight quite a bit. Once in a gale, gusting to force 8. Exciting, though progress was slow!

Most fascinating resource? Definitely real life. And observing people.(less)
Anna Faversham Yes, I am disciplined about my writing time, even so, it is very easy to get side-tracked. I set aside 15 hours a week, which isn't as much as I'd lik…moreYes, I am disciplined about my writing time, even so, it is very easy to get side-tracked. I set aside 15 hours a week, which isn't as much as I'd like. As I write historical novels, if the telephone rings it jolts me right out of the nineteenth century, then I decide it's a good time to make a cup of tea. Or my grown up family arrive, or... I expect we all know what it's like. And once that allocated time has gone, it's difficult to replace it.

When do I write? When I can be sure of silence. With one exception - when my husband is playing his guitar somehow it sets the mood. It's how we met, you see.

Where do I write? I have a room set aside for all things 'officey'. I work from home, it used to be full time but I have trimmed it down to part time. Now I am busy chucking out the old life and filling the filing cabinet with writing related matters.

Thank you, Alice, you've made me see I need to be much more disciplined with that 15 hours!

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“A dog has lots of friends because it wags its tail and not its tongue.”
Anna Faversham, Beware the Midnight Train

“Become acquainted with your soul, care for it, for it will outlast all you have.”
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“Absolute silence of the kind that only the inside of an ancient, country church can bestow.”
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“God has given us the gift of life.” He reeled round to face the congregation and boomed, “What you do with that life is your gift to Him.”
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