I spent the rest of my twenties just living and doing lots of different things, which gave me stories and characters I needed.
Actually, the problem was, I didn’t hav e a story yet.
Problem was, I didn’t have the rest of the story. I entered the first 10 000 words of a manuscript into a national emerging writers contest and made it to the last three. In my early twenties I wrote, and even did a writing course for a year. And it would be awful and cliché and a complete echo of whatever I was reading at the time. When I was a kid I’d just wake up some mornings and think “I’m going to write a story.” And I would. Like most writers, I have always written. What has your writing journey been like? Where did you start? Why? I am currently raising an army of indoor plants, and I travel as much as my work will let me (my current quandary: is a third o/s trip this year just being greedy?) I’ve recently tried to get to the gym (to offset the hours sitting at desk), but at heart I think I might be kind of lazy. My guilty pleasures in life are Dogspotting and penne matriciana. I love reading, but I love a good TV series just as much. My latest book, Here’s the Thing, will be out in October this year. I write books about young gay/bi girls, because there are neither enough books about them or for them. I work part-time teaching at university, which I love, and spend the rest of my time writing YA. First can you introduce yourself to everyone? Tell us a little bit about yourself. This week I have Emily O’Beirne author of A Story of Nowduology (2015, Ylva Publishing), Points of Departure (2016, Ylva Publishing) and Here’s the Thing (2016, Ylva Publishing). You can check out my previous interviews with authors like Jay Kristoff, Gabrielle Tozer, Sarah Ayoub, Jessica Shirvington, and last week Cath Crowley at Angel Reads.
And that is what I am aiming to do, spread the word about #LoveOZYA and get everyone reading it. I thought it was a fun way for everyone around the world to get to know these authors and maybe make them want to pick up their books. So I decided to created a feature where I interview Australian Young Adult authors about their craft, journey and some interesting facts. They can incorporate this into their book and it is fabulous. I love reading books from authors that live in the same country as me, that know things that people out of Australia might be so confused about.
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