Andrew Clover’s best writing moment so far…

“Thank you for joining us, Andrew. So, what’s been your best writing moment so far?”

Thank you so much for asking that!  Mostly you never get to describe these to anyone.  So… the best one?  Okay…  my friends Piers and Becky had leant me their flat, and so I spent three weeks finishing off my book there.  My concentration got more and more intense.   I felt as if, by the end of it, my brain was finally fully switched off and I was free to hear the characters’ voices as they told their story… 

Author Andrew Clover (Photo by Maria Head.)

Author Andrew Clover (Photo by Maria Head.)

Andrew's writing space.

Andrew’s writing space.

So with about an hour to go in Becky’s flat, we reached the climactic moment where one of the characters – I can’t say who or it’ll ruin it – suddenly has a terrible accident, but, because it’s a present tense story, they carry on describing what’s happening to them… I was typing very fast.  I didn’t want to even breathe or transmission might end.   I don’t know.   Maybe you won’t read that passage and feel it’s any good, but it felt authentic at the time.  I felt like Dr Dee having an angel whisper to him from another world.   

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Laura
I’m Laura. I started Novel Kicks in 2009. I wanted a place to post my writing as well as give other writers like me the opportunity to do the same. There is also a monthly book club, a writing room which features writing prompts, book reviews, competitions, author interviews and guest posts.

I grew up by the sea (my favourite place in the world) and I currently live in Hampshire. I am married to Chris, have a cat named Buddy and I would love to be a writer. I’m trying to write the novel I’ve talked so much about writing if only I could stop pressing delete. I’ve loved writing since creative writing classes in primary school. I have always wanted to see my teacher Miss Sayers again and thank her for the encouragement. When not trying to write the novel or writing snippets of stories on anything I can get my hands on, I love reading, dancing like a loon and singing to myself very badly. My current obsession is Once Upon a Time and I would be happy to live with magic in the enchanted forest surrounded by all those wonderful stories provided that world also included Harry Potter. I love reading chick lit. contemporary fiction and novels with mystery.

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