Featured Interview With Will Macmillan Jones
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Although I was born in the wonderful county of Lancashire, I’m lucky enough now to live and work in Wales, a land of myth, magic, mist and legendary beers. Oh wait, that’s a wrong note, isn’t it… I get more inspiration for my gags from single parenting a teenage daughter than she would like me to own up to on here!
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Oh, I’ve read since very young. My father was a primary school teacher ( a job he both loved and stuck to in order to annoy my mother) and he encouraged me to read as soon as possible. So I was off on Enid Blyton by the time i was five or six, all her stories about elves, dragons, wizards and the like. And whilst the material I like to read has grown up, I suspect that I have not…
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Fave authors is a tricky one. There are different genres I love, from Fantasy to humour and to historical fiction. Pushed to quote some, I’d point people at Nick Hornby for worthwhile general fiction, Lindsey Davis for historical fiction and for sheer out and out weirdness, Robert Rankin who refuses to allow plots to get in the way of a decent joke.
As a fantasy writer, I have of course to be in awe of Sir Terry Pratchett for his unequalled imagination and output
Tell us a little about your latest book?
The latest book I have out is the sixth in my fantasy collection, Have Frog Will Travel. I started writing The Banned Underground collection because I just love telling jokes ( I even take some of the material out as stand up comedy now), but I’ve now started to want to expand what I can do with the characters: so here one of the collections major characters, Grizelda the off-white witch (her laundry leaves a lot to be desired) is faced with an ethical dilemma, and starts to explore the concepts of Good and Bad as they might apply to her. As her confidants are either mad, drunk, vampires or anarchists, this proves an interesting challenge… but one she rises to overcome, with the aid of a collection of subtle gags and outrageous one-liners.
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