Name: Tom Ireland |
What genres do you write in? |
Poetry, short stories, travel fiction |
Have you ever had any work published? If so, what and where? |
Ten novels published on Kindle as eBooks and paperbacks. Short stories and poems in VRWG publications |
Do you have a preferred place in which to write? |
Gladstone’s, Theology room, second desk on the right at the top of the spiral stairs |
Let’s talk about your muse. What/who inspires you to write? |
Cake, preferably rich fruit with marzipan, and biscuits. Any biscuits. Coffee, double espresso |
Tell us about your writing ambitions |
Started the Malinding series as a short story which became an opening chapter which became a trilogy … the idea was that sale of the books would finance GOES, a micro-charity which sponsors education for girls, and medical care.
Pulitzer prize would be good. Maybe sell a few more books? Generally sell one book a month. Perhaps finish this pesky ghost story … |
Who are your favourite writers? |
Ransome, Conrad, Shakespeare, Thomas |
What’s your ideal writer’s life? Go on, let your imagination run wild! |
A small house in the Gambian village which is the basis of Malinding, not too far from the river, near our friends’ compound. Views of the market place and the river |
Outside of writing, is there something else we should know about you? |
An archbishop of Canterbury once held a door open for me |