Give a rousing round of
applause for the lovely Siobhan Curham! She’s the author of Dear Dylan, Finding Cherokee Brown and Shiprecked, released at the beginning of
June and the first in a brilliant new series.
1.
Shipwrecked is quite a departure from
Dylan and Cherokee. What inspired the change?
I was actually asked to write Shipwrecked as part of a project between
my publisher and a TV company. They wanted to develop a book and TV series
alongside one another and I was thrilled and honoured when they asked me to
write the books. I was given the brief that it had to involve a cast of young
adult characters who became shipwrecked on a desert island but the rest of it
was up to me. it was a wonderful challenge and a really interesting experience
having to develop storylines that would work well on page and screen. Sometimes
it presented interesting problems. For example, I wanted to kill off one of the
main characters but the TV people advised against it as they said that a big
name actor wouldn’t be interested in playing the part if their role was cut
short. That was certainly not a problem I’d ever encountered as a novelist
before!
2.
Did you find it difficult to write in the voices of American characters? (I
thought it sounded effortless myself!)
Thank you – I’m so relieved you
say that as I was very concerned it would sound like a Londoner trying to ‘do’
American! I did have a bit of a head start in that my grandma was from America
so I have loads of family over there and visit there a lot. This helped massively
as I think I’ve absorbed a lot of the dialect from spending so much time with
Americans.
3.
I have to ask: what five items would you take with you to a desert island?
A pad and pen as I’d go nuts
pretty quickly if I couldn’t write. A book of Rumi poems to keep me smiling. A
picture of my son. And Bruce Springsteen to serenade me by the fire haha.
Quick
fire round!
1.
Sweet or savoury?
Sweet!
2.
Your TV show of the moment?
Nashville.
3.
Current read?
The
Right Brain Business Plan by
Jennifer Lee – a great book for creative people starting their own business and
it's really helped me setting up my own coaching practise – www.daretodreamcoaching.blogspot.co.uk
Thank you so much, Siobhan! I
strongly recommend you go out and grab one (or all!) or Siobhan’s books and
lose a few hours on a tropical island to escape this miserable English summer!
Sophie
Great interview Sophie and Siobhan! That's really interesting about the book and TV show, I had no idea that's how it came about!
ReplyDeleteI have this on my TBR pile and am so excited to start it! Such an interesting concept - I can't wait to see how they b oth fit together!
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