And more about .... me
I am interviewed today over at WriteWords, the excellent online writers' forum whose Flash Fiction group I have been a member of for several years and which I find invaluable, both in terms of stimulation and in terms of community. Here's a taster of the interview:
I started writing fiction at the age of 6 with my first attempt, a novel about triplets, which luckily never saw the light of day! I always loved words, I devoured books even before I knew which way up to hold them. But I also loved maths and science, and growing up in England in the 1970s, my school wouldn't allow me to study arts and sciences after the age of 16, so I went towards science and studied Maths and Physics. At uni, I realised I would never, ever become a scientist, I was dreadful at experiments, so I studied for a diploma in journalism, moved to Israel and worked as a science journalist. While this did combined my two loves, there was always a niggling at the back of my mind about writing fiction. I went to some writing workshops in the US and the UK, including a wonderful Arvon Foundation course on Writing and Science, tailor-made, it seemed at the time, for me! .....
For the rest of the interview, click here. (I think it is viewable by non-WW members..I hope so!) And even more... here's another interview with me, at Nik's marvellous blog. Thanks so much, Nik.