Up Close With: Molly McFadden

Meet the wonderful writers and patrons behind LWS.

Molly McFadden keeps it brief here in this entry to our London Writers’ Salon profiles. However, you will see that her brevity packs quite the punch; her words send you whirling onto a journey of self-discovery within your own writing practice. For this, we can thank Molly McFadden for her wisdom.

Molly McFadden

• Based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Writes fiction, upmarket and romance.

What are you working on right now?

A romance between a birdwatcher and a solar meteorologist.

Where and when do you write?

Mornings at home.

How do you write?

By computer.

Why do you write?

Just have to get the stories out.

What inspires your creativity?

The more I write, the more I am able to write.

When a second glance is worth a thousand words.

What’s your favourite book?

So many; love all of the Quirke mysteries by Benjamin Black.

What’s the best advice you’ve received about creativity?

Just the general advice that creativity comes best when you are committed to practice and discipline.

What’s the one thing you would tell other/aspiring writers?

Watch out for underlying themes in all of your writing and follow those themes.

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