NK Chats To… Pernille Meldgaard Pedersen

NK Chats To… Pernille Meldgaard Pedersen

Hello Pernille, thank you so much for joining me on Novel Kicks today. Your book is called Him With The Beard. Can you tell me a little about it?   

 

Hi Laura, I´m so glad you would have me!

In Him With The Beard, we follow a little family whose life is turned upside down when the daughter Mille stops believing in Santa. We read the story from the mother´s, Stella, perspective.

It’s a sweet Christmas story about family, Santa Claus and the big question whether it’s possible to find a way back to the joy of Christmas when you discover that Santa isn’t who you thought.

 

 

What is your writing process like from planning to editing?   

 

I always begin with a vague idea, often a funny scene, and work with the idea in my head for some while, before I begin writing it down on paper. I love the process of getting all the small pieces in the puzzle to fit. 

And then I begin writing, writing, writing and writing. I´m one of those unwise people that edit and write at the same time, but I just know when something doesn’t work, and I would rather change it when I know what I can do differently than forgetting it and try to change it later.

From then on it’s off to beta readers and the editor and I do changes based on what they find. I´m not perfect, so I love getting feedback that can help me get my story better across to readers. 

 

 

Is there a certain place you like to write and are there certain things you need like coffee/tea/music/silence?

 

I´m pretty easy to please. I just need my computer to write 🙂

I always write late at night or very early in the morning when it’s quiet. I´m also pretty tired at this point so it’s like writing drunk which can be a good thing because then my inner critic has gone to bed. Ha!

 

 

What elements do you feel need to be present in a novel?   

 

I really like when a book has humour and a twinkle in the eye because I feel like the book becomes your friend and you share all these inside jokes that no one else understands (Even if the author wrote them like that).

I often wonder what kind of relationship other readers have with my favourite books, and now also what my book will give people. 

 

What’s your favourite word and why?  

I love this question! And I don´t know!

I´m such kind of person that often stops up to repeat a word because it sounds funny or delicious in the way it leave my lips. 

I´m a Dane so the word “Hygge” is a word I use at least ten times a day. At least!

English words I like is: Dazzle, giggle or the hilarious Flabbergasted. I feel like I have to do the flabbergasted face to say this word!

 

Is there a fictional character you’d like to meet? What would you both do?   

 

I´m thinking I would have a lovely day with Lily from Pictures of Lily by Paige Toon. Just walking around in an Australian conservation park, and say hello to kangaroos, wombats and koalas (NO SPIDERS PLEASE) and then have lunch in the shade of a big eucalyptus tree. If I’m lucky I might even get the chance to say hello to Lily´s sexy husband Ben.

 

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