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Lola Talks to Deborah Wright!
Deborah Wright was born in Surrey in 1975 and has been writing novels since she was eleven years old. She graduated from Lincoln College, Oxford University with a degree in English lang & lit. She finally received her first publishing deal when she was 22 years old with Olivia's Bliss, a black romantic comedy about a young writer caught in a love triangle between a father and son. It won the Ireland on Sunday 'Write a Bestseller' competition and was published by Poolbeg Press in 2000. Her next book, The Rebel Fairy, was a modernised version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. It was published by Time Warner in March 2002 and shot straight into the bestsellers on publication. Her next novel, Under My Spell, a romantic comedy about love and witchcraft, was published in 2005. Deborah’s other book 'A History of Lucy's Love Life in 10.5 Chapters', was published in October 2006. It's a wacky romantic comedy about time travel.
Envisage yourself as a butterfly, which
colour would it be and why?
Blue - the colour of the sky
Describe your writing style in one sentence
Quirky
Without the naughty bits, describe your typical writing
day
Would be better if there were more naughty bits! Normally breakfast
meditation, lunch, writing, dinner, writing, party, sleep. Etc. And I
always begin the day with chocolate cake, because it's the perfect breakfast
for a writer: consoling yet caffeinated, so it sparks up the mind and
imagination.
Who would you like a screen snog with?
I don't like
conventionally good-looking men; prefer men who are interesting, or charismatic
in an unusual way. So maybe John Malkovich (especially as the JM of 'Dangerous
Liaisons'!). Or Ian McKellan (if he could not be gay for 5 minutes).
Describe your road to a publishing deal
I got rejected
by 40 agents then won a competition to 'Write a Bestseller' and things
unrolled from there.
The last book you borrowed from the library?
'Ludmila's
Broken English' by DBC Pierre, which was very good.
Describe your fantasy writing retreat…
A cottage
in the mountains with beautiful views and pure air. To spend all day
writing, with meals being cooked for me, and then to spend the night
being inspired by a lover. I can't write a book without being in love
or having a crush; I need a Muse!
Frosted doughnuts or steamed cabbage?
Neither; steamed
frosted chocolate would be better
If you hadn’t become a writer, what would you
be?
Dead
One piece of advice to any aspiring authors…
Rewrite
endlessly and (sorry, I know I'm now on my second piece of advice but...)
persevere. Too many authors send out work to 3 agents, get rejected and
give up. Be prepared for a long haul.
And the best thing about being a writer is…?
(Feel free to be totally fickle and materialistic here)
It's the one
thing in my life that feels absolutely right, as though I shouldn't be
doing any other profession except this one. I have to admit I get a bit
cross about people who write with materialistic intentions, which I'm
sure is very churlish of me. But I do think people should always write
first for the love of it because the book will be better and they'll
make more money anyway!
Thanx Deborah!
© Lola Jaye