Would you rather be known as a Malaysian author who writes fantasy fiction or a fantasy fiction author who is Malaysian? ![]() If you're a science fiction and fantasy reader that's probably because you're fascinated by the strange and the novel, and I'm no exception. And part of it just comes from being interested in what is different. I think that comes from my background, because I moved around a lot even before I came to England. I mostly write about "in-between" sorts of people, characters who straddle different worlds and cultures and ideas. ![]() How has your move from Malaysia to England influenced your writing? The more I think of my creative writing as being a boring, ordinary, everyday practice – requiring concentration and diligence, but not much more – the easier I find it. I started finishing more stories when I figured out how to translate that "it has to be good, but just as importantly, it has to be done" approach over to fiction. You don't want to spend hours on a simple piece of research and overcharge the client for it – it pisses the client off and you as the lawyer have better things to do with your time. Practising as a lawyer means you have to get work done to client deadlines and it has to be good, but you also have to make sure you don't spend a disproportionate amount of time on it. One of my biggest problems was always just finishing stories. You also need an enormous amount of resilience to survive a creative career!ĭoing legal drafting also helped my writing a lot. Most creative people aren't especially organised or efficient, so I think they are huge advantages. It's made me resilient, organised and efficient.
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