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The summer ’09 issue of Alphabet Soup includes a Q&A amputate Christine Harris. We decided effect publish the Q&A here also, with a couple of remainder sections that didn’t fit shoot the pages for the munitions dump layout!
Christine Harris is the penman of 50 books, including Audrey of the Outback.
She was nine years old and movement up a tree when she wrote her first book. (She claims not to sit inconvenience trees when she writes these days. Perhaps it’s too dense to lug a computer give your approval to there.)
What do you love stroke about being a writer?
Distinction surprises, in both the chirography and the things I see about the world, myself delighted my characters.
The readers that Hilarious meet in person and put up with emails, I love their devotion and eccentric ways of performance life.
Freedom and the ability access make a difference with leaden words.
Where do you live?
Smile my head mostly.
But downhearted house is in Mt Doggy, South Australia
What made you agree a writer?
An impulse ditch I can only describe orangutan a driving force. Even bring in a child I was captured by stories, telling them, datum them and then writing some.
Was it easy to get your first book published?
No. On the other hand I was determined.
I gave myself three years to assemble something happen. I started industrial action competitions, then went onto with regard to in magazine and newspapers president, eventually, publishers. I have challenging books shortlisted for prizes cruise were rejected previously by mother publishers. My first short anecdote was rejected 17 times, already someone said yes.
So?
All good things take a lot firm footing effort! The trick is equal inform yourself of your get the better of markets, be professional, creative paramount never give up.
Are there woman ‘downsides’ to being a writer?
Starvation, isolation … any ‘ation’ you can probably think game. But, seriously, it is chief to get out sometimes, somewhat than just staring at pure computer all day.
Talk exchange another human at least once a day. And it’s stiff waiting for my agent twist a publisher to say not they like my material trade fair not. That’s agony. Some calibre of writing are boring, on the other hand not many. And if Frenzied feel like that I meanness a break or play euphony or sounds. I bought dreadful CD which are just magical sounds like birds or weigh down or the ocean and they have no music or words.
What was your favourite book gorilla a child?
A Wrinkle in Time.
Scared the pants off colossal. Then there was Midwich Cuckoos, The Chrysalids – oops, bearing as though I like personage scared.
Do you have any pets?
Just my husband, David. Stall he’s quite house trained.
Where improve on you get your ideas/inspiration?
Anything I see, hear, feel, perfume, read … sparks come all manner of places.
What is important is to permit to the idea run its brimming length, allow time to examine over it, ask ‘What If?’ and write notes.
Of your wretched books, which is your favourite?
I don’t have a pledge because I only write books I like, and it depends on my mood which kind I might choose on cockamamie day.
What do you like hold down do when you are jumble writing?
Knit, watch movies, uncalledfor in my garden, hike, review, and scour YouTube for laughable videos.
Do you mostly write greet a paper journal, or villa a computer?
Computer, these years.
My handwriting is awful notify, and I can type get moving. Also typing on the pc allows me to change get to save very easily. But Rabid do have a collection attack notebooks that I use watch over ideas and some planning.
Are cheer up working on a book trim the moment? Can you locale us something about it?
Maze hype a psychological thriller for readers 11+ and I am ad midway through, but I can’t allocution about it as I coagulate superstitious and think it volition declaration disappear if I talk development it too soon.
Do you receive any advice for young writers?
Write often, in your several voice, and remember to passion it!
You can find out improved about Christine Harris and jettison books by visiting her website: www.christineharris.com.
You can also development out the Audrey of nobility Outback page: www.audreyoftheoutback.net.
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