Meet Gail Aldwin, author of the short story collection, Paisley Shirt

Hi, this week I’d like to welcome Gail Aldwin to the Thursday Throng. Gail writes every day and loves to see her stories change direction and become more textured through redrafting and editing. Alongside the slog of completing a novel, she enjoys playing with short fiction and poetry. What is one thing that no-one would usually know about you? Spending two years in the highlands of Papua New Guinea is one of my best-kept secrets. I lived in the town of Wabag, Enga Province where tribal fighting amongst clans remained rife and traditional dress for men was a loop of cable around the waist to support cloth and tangent leaves known in Tok Pisin as arse-grass. I am privileged to have lived in remote and beautiful locations. Are there any occupational hazards to being an author? None that are life threatening although writing can become a little obsessive. I write everyday and enjoy playing with a range of writing including fiction, poetry and drama. I have several projects on the go at any one time and appreciate the benefits of working collaboratively with other writers on scripts for stage and screen. I believe that all styles of writing cross-fertilise to help improve my writing skills generally but it does mean I have a lot of plates spinning. Have you ever wished that you could be or do anything else instead of writing, and if so what? When I started writing with a view to publication in 2009, I was at a crux: I invested considerable time in my career working with ...
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