Five things I’d like my reader to know about me
I love writing. When I’m not writing, I’m thinking and planning about what I’m going to write next. I’ve loved writing since I was a little girl when I’d make up stories and plays, poems and sketches. But I never knew what to do with them and so they ended up stuck at the back of my knicker drawer.
I have a big knicker drawer.
I’m often inspired to write by pictures I see, especially historic ones where those being photographed are suspicious of the camera and wary of the person wielding the camera. I also love listening to conversations on the bus.
I have to write in silence. Pure, utter silence. No radio, nothing. It has to be just me and the tapping of my keyboard while I concentrate fully.
The kettle is always on and tea fuels my writing day.
And five things I’d like to keep secret
Being a writer means sitting around a lot at your keyboard so you need to be comfortable. Therefore, you probably won’t want to know about the tracksuit bottoms I wear with fluffy pink slippers when I sit down to write. Ah, the glamour of it all.
When I write an angry scene I thump at my keyboard. When I write a touching scene, I often cry. Hmm… wonder if I should write erotic fiction some time?
I clean my writing desk thoroughly after each book is complete. I clear my walls of all pictures, maps and plans. Before I start researching the next book, I give my writing room a good going-over. This often takes some time.
I don’t really have a writing room. It’s just our spare room. No-one else is allowed in and if they wander in while I’m writing they’re greeted by very unfriendly stare.
I still have poems I wrote when I was six, they’re in my knicker drawer.
Glenda Young
Author of historical novels with Headline
Twitter: @Flaming_Nora
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