EP 202: Interview with author Laura Cooney

Today, R. N. Roveleh, one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing and co-editor of the literary magazine The Unconventional Courier, interviews writer Laura Cooney. 

Her short-story “Musically Challenged. Challenged Musically” was published in our December Issue of The Unconventional Courier. It is a powerful and touching story of someone who is in love with music, but is tone deaf. You can read it here.

Laura is a writer from Edinburgh with publications for both children and adults online and in print anthologies. Her recent side projects include attending spoken word events and collaboratively creating a children's poetry zine.

When she's not doing lots of writing you'll find her with her children as close to the sea as possible, there will be ice-cream! 

You can find Laura Cooney’s blog at  www.lozzawriting.com and you can follow her on Twitter and Instagram @lozzawriting. 

R.N. Roveleh asks Laura the following questions:

1. Your story, “Musically Challenged”, speaks about the protagonist’s relationship to music, how music seeps into every aspect of their life and being. Let me start by asking you this: what was your inspiration for the story?

3. What inspires you to write, in general?

4. Have you got any favourite themes, types of characters, styles that you prefer to insert into your stories?

5. How would you say that your job as teacher plays into your vocation as a writer?

6. You published a zine with a team of writers and artists. I’m really curious to learn more, please tell us more about it. Do you think you’ll collaborate together again for similar projects in the future?

7. What projects are you currently working on?

8. I know your life is busy on all fronts. How do you make room to immerse yourself in writing? Have you got a writing schedule, any "writing rituals", or is it more an impulsive act for you?

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