Hi,
please tell us a little about yourself...
Have you
always wanted to write or is there a significant moment you realised, if so
what was that moment?
I’ve
always wanted to write and I used to write a lot as a teenager, but then I went
to university and got a job and then fell into the trap of being a full-time
worker with little time for anything other than my job! It was about a year ago that I decided that I
had to follow my dreams and make time to write and so I did.
What
genre do you write and why?
I
write about relationships in contemporary life.
I love to watch how people interact and try to capture that in my
writing.
Is there
anything you are currently working on?
I
have almost completed my first novel, The Capricious Mr Turner, and will be
publishing it in spring 2012. This has
been a labour of love for a little over a year and I am very excited about
completing it in the very near future.
Do you
ever suffer from the famous writers block and if so do you have any tips to get
around it?
Writers
block is a killer sometimes! The best
way for me to get round it is to either take myself away from my laptop for a
little while or concentrate on another chapter – this usually does the trick
(but not always!)
Do you
have any other hobbies?
Away
from writing there are a few things I enjoy; I love bouldering (rock climbing
without ropes) up to about 30 feet. I
also love mountain biking, although I don’t live too close to many mountains, I
do get to go up some reasonably steep hills and over some rough terrain so that
keeps me happy. My other hobby is
swimming – something that I just don’t get enough time to do, but try when I
have a free hour.
Is there
a significant person who has inspired you on a whole?
I
take my inspiration from everywhere and I do have my favourite authors, but if
there is one person who is an absolute inspiration then I would have to say
Brain Haw. Brian Haw was the peace
protestor who camped outside Parliament for 9 years after – he had conviction
for his cause that one rarely sees and he has given me the inspiration to never
give up on whatever I do.
What do
you plan on writing in the future?
I
have my second book already fairly well planned out and will start writing it
sometime in April/May 2012. A third will
be planned shortly thereafter, the plot is already forming in my head!
Is there
anything else you feel we should know about you?
I’ve
had a diverse career so far that has included working as a litigator for a big
UK law firm and running a nightclub for a brief period before settling into to
copywriting. I have been lucky to travel
widely and experience life from many different angles and this definitely helps
with my writing.
Where can
we find you?
You
can find me at www.jamehaw.co.uk where you
can read a little more about me, check out my blog (updated regularly) and read
the first few chapters of my new book, The Capricious Mr Turner. You can also download chapters 1 and 2 from Amazon
for Kindle and the links are on the download page on my site. I hope to see you on there soon and please
feel free to leave comments on my work, blog or anything you feel you want to
tell me about.
