Q & A Part Two - Pauline Rowson under the spotlight
1. Who was your first literary crush (author or character) and why?
I
had so many when I was discovering the delights of reading, devouring crime
novels by Leslie Charteris featuring Simon Templar – The Saint, and John Creasey,
a prolific writer of crime novels featuring The Baron and Gideon, amongst
others. He was also the author of Westerns and I went through a phase of
reading them too.
2. Which literary romance/friendship do you most wish
you were a part of, and why?
Apart
from DI Andy Horton, and I’m part of that relationship anyway, I have no idea,
maybe I’m not that romantic.
3. What is the first thing you remember writing, and
how old were you?
I
wrote my first novel at the age of eleven, an adventure story in the style of
Enid Blyton, but before that I was always writing stories and plays, the latter
of which I’d stage with my friends and brothers in the garage at our family
home.
4. If people like your writing, what other writers
would you recommend to them?
My
writing has been compared by others to that of John Harvey, Peter Robinson, Ed
McBain and Joseph Wambaugh. I’d also say that the DI Horton crime novels are
like those of R. D. Wingfield’s DI Frost series.
5. What do you hate most about the writing process?
Copy-edits
and proofs
6. What do you love most about the writing process?
All
of it, the research, the plotting, the crafting of the first draft and the
revisions
7. Popcorn: salty or sweet?
Never
touched the stuff.
8. Do your books share your personality? If
they’re different, what’s the difference?
I
write from the male point of view so my heroes don’t share my gender (although
there are strong female characters in them).
My
crime novels contain quite a lot of dialogue and have been described as a
‘punch in the ribs’ rather than bogged down with long descriptive
passages. They contain action, are fast
paced with a touch of wry humour, so maybe they do reflect my personality!
9. What do you do when you have writer’s block?
I
knit. Knitting is great for stimulating the creative juices it’s something to
do with hand and brain co-ordination and not only does it help when thinking
through plots and characters but you also get a very nice cardigan at the end
of it.
10. What are you working on now?
The
tenth novel in the DI Andy Horton series. Number nine in the series, Undercurrent is being published by
Severn House in the UK in January 2013 and in the USA in May 2013.
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