Ask the Author: Veronica Henry
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Veronica Henry
Develop some stamina. Writing is an endurance test. You have to keep going even when you don't want to. It's very important to realise that anyone can start a book, but not many people can finish one. It takes time, and thought, and energy, and resilience - and a lot of wine and tears!
Veronica Henry
The best best best thing about being a writer is when you get a letter or email or message from someone who has been through a really tough time and has read one of your books and it's given them some respite from their troubles. That really does spur me on, to know that my books provide escape and comfort. It helps me focus too. I've had letters from people undergoing chemo, people who have been recently bereaved or gone through a traumatic break up, people who suffer from depression. I've even had letters from soldiers in war zones who've got hope from what I've written. That is a huge privilege.
Veronica Henry
I am lucky enough to live by the sea, so whenever I paint myself into a plot corner, I grab my miniature Schnauzer, Zelda (named after Zelda Fitzgerald), and we head off to the beach. She careers around in circles chasing seagulls while I mull over the finer points of the story, muttering to myself. By the time I reach the far end of the beach, somehow the characters will have sorted themselves out and pointed me in the right direction. I act the story out as I'm walking, which probably makes me look a bit bonkers - like Sarah Woodruff in the French Lieutenant's Woman. Though I don't wear a black cape.
Veronica Henry
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