Joe Brown: being a writer
I wrote my first stories when I was
about 12, but I really didn't know
di show how good they were. My friends-sq
vs. boho weren't interested, but my teacher
sent some of them to a national
magazine for children. The magazine
00198 didn't want them, but then my mum
heard about a competition while she
was listening to the radio. So I sent
in one of my stories and it won first
prize! Then I thought, I can do this:
I love writing and I'm never bored.
You spend a lot of time alone, but this
isn't a problem for me. I've finished
my second novel now and I've got
ideas for another, but I wanted a
break first so I've come home to
England for a while.
At first, I worked as a waiter. I worked
every day except Sunday. I wrote
my novel on Sundays and in the
evenings!
My parents live in London, I have a
brother in Liverpool and my sister
lives in a village in the countryside.
I'm staying with my parents, but this
weekend, we're all going to go to my
sister's house to have a family party.
During my years at school,
I continued writing when I had time.
Then when I left school, I went to
university. I didn't study writing tow
bus won tommu
no vab ilut i beI studied French and Spanish. After
of sim rol vibres university, I worked in a bookshop
and in a library, but I wanted to write
again. I decided to move to France.