Ask the Author: Frances Maynard
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Frances Maynard
I either see it as a message that maybe I'm writing about the wrong thing and start again, or else I'll look back at my research notes and try to approach the scene or character in a different way.
Frances Maynard
I've been thrilled that people have not only enjoyed The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr but that also I have encouraged them to think about what is 'normal' and about what are the best rules to live your life by.
Frances Maynard
Read all you can. Write the sort of book you would like to read yourself. Enter competitions - a much more 'user friendly' way of getting your work out there rather than sending directly to an agent.
Frances Maynard
I've just finished a book, provisionally called The End of the Sentence, about a young woman with dyslexia and anger issues. She's a very different character from Elvira in The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr but she also has to struggle to find her own way in life.
Frances Maynard
I like writing about marginalised characters who get a second chance in life. Many of the students I work with would fit that category.
Frances Maynard
I think ideas come from experiences being mashed up in your subconscious! Saying that my own mother did have a stroke and, at the time of writing, my husband was working in an ape sanctuary.
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