Ask the Author: Alan Emmins
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Alan Emmins
So far, I haven't had many run-ins with it. That might be because it doesn't really worry me too much. I think that is the key. No point worrying about writer's block. I accept it early, and that might be why it doesn't seem to hang around for any period of time that could really be considered a block. I just won't sit there agonising over the curser, so if it's not coming I either get up and leave, most often with a book, or I just force it. Normally I write my way into what I need, with the acceptance that I might dump a thousand words in the trash.
Alan Emmins
Getting it written
Even when I have planned to write I sometimes find it hard to get my backside in the seat. Often, in the beginning, I am in and out of the seat. I forgot the milk for my coffee. My pencil needs sharpening. At some point, though, and it never takes long, I drop into the writing and time just runs away.
So sit down, strap in and get on with it!
Even when I have planned to write I sometimes find it hard to get my backside in the seat. Often, in the beginning, I am in and out of the seat. I forgot the milk for my coffee. My pencil needs sharpening. At some point, though, and it never takes long, I drop into the writing and time just runs away.
So sit down, strap in and get on with it!
Alan Emmins
I guess it could be categorised as an erotic crimi, which makes me laugh whenever I think about it in terms of genre. Sometimes it makes me laugh while writing it too, which might not be the best thing, all things considered :-)
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