Today, Monday, August 9, 2021, I was interviewed by — wonderful — Naomi Bolton from a nifty American book promotion site, Manybooks.net. Here, below, is a transcript. And, with the transcript is a link to the interview. I want to thank Manybooks for their superb work. I even look younger! Gilbert Reid – A Wild …
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Somebody asked me about Writer’s Block – Not being able to write: I replied: Okay, I have written lots – as a journalist, diplomat, economist (even), and PR person working in the Italian film and cultural industries, and then as a TV and radio writer and producer and occasional narrator, and finally as a writer …
I may be old-fashioned, but I believe that bodily, visceral energies are essential for writing fiction. When I was asked to complete the late Jackie Park’s historical novel Son of Two Fathers, I had a few chapters she had written and some ideas she had sketched and discussed with me. But, with Jackie gone, I …