Whispering Stories
I am very excited to have been interviewd by Whispering Stories where we discussed the details of my writing life, my latest book ‘Proximity‘, which will be released on 6th June 2019 and answering a few fun questions too.
Here are some snippets:
How did you come up with the title of your book?
Proximity was about the fifth title I tried, but I settled on it when I decided to use the phrase ‘proximity crimes’ to group crimes where you have to be close to someone or something. This includes robbery, muggings, murders, etc. It then made sense to call the police department that dealt with proximity crimes the ‘Proximity Crime Unit’...
Are you a plotter or a pantser?
I’m a hybrid.
I plot at the beginning to drive out the logic of the plot, ensure consistency and work out the traits/motives for each character. At the end of this, I’ll end up with one or two sentences on each chapter that describes what happens in that chapter, where to foreshadow, etc....
Your book has been made into a feature film and you’ve been offered a cameo role, which part would you choose, or what would you be doing?
I would be one of the background characters going mad at living in the controlled and health and safety mad world of Proximity. Oh, wait. That’s me now.
A baseball cap wearing, talking duck casually wanders into your room, what is the first thing he says to you?
‘Stop hallucinating and get back to your writing.’