Kevin Ansbro
My mother Kathleen (Irish, funny and feisty), sadly passed away last year, but the period leading up to this was an interminable round of hospital, doctors, care home, etcetera.
Anyone who has been through this (which is a huge chunk of the world's population) will know that it takes over your life and robs you of sleep.
So Julie said, "Why don't you write a book to distract you from all of this?"
Well, it was the best advice ever. Whenever I had a rare moment of free time, I tapped out pages of my first story 'The Angel in my Well', which proved to be a cathartic endeavour.
I wrote an awful lot as a youngster, but never found the time to write anything even resembling a book.
I would often gripe, "God, I could write better than this!" whilst reading on holiday - to which Julie would say, "Well, why don't you, bighead?"
So, my mum was my inspiration (if you read the book you will see why), and my latest novel 'Kinnara' was borne out of interest in that book.
Thank you Mum, and God bless! xxx
Anyone who has been through this (which is a huge chunk of the world's population) will know that it takes over your life and robs you of sleep.
So Julie said, "Why don't you write a book to distract you from all of this?"
Well, it was the best advice ever. Whenever I had a rare moment of free time, I tapped out pages of my first story 'The Angel in my Well', which proved to be a cathartic endeavour.
I wrote an awful lot as a youngster, but never found the time to write anything even resembling a book.
I would often gripe, "God, I could write better than this!" whilst reading on holiday - to which Julie would say, "Well, why don't you, bighead?"
So, my mum was my inspiration (if you read the book you will see why), and my latest novel 'Kinnara' was borne out of interest in that book.
Thank you Mum, and God bless! xxx
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Yesterday I got a copy of your latest novel, The Fish that Climbed a Tree. I was showing it to some friends, and one of them said that he thought the title seemed familiar, as if he'd seen it, or a very similar one before. Strangely enough, I've had the same feeling, although I'm sure you took pains to avoid plagiarism. Could you say something about what inspired this title? Thank you.
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