{"id":532,"date":"2020-11-10T13:03:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T13:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/?p=532"},"modified":"2020-10-11T21:17:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T20:17:01","slug":"author-qa-with-paul-westlake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/?p=532","title":{"rendered":"Author Q&#038;A with Paul Westlake\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Author Q&amp;A with Paul Westlake<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*This post contains affiliate links*<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-533\" src=\"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WIN_20190715_12_28_15_Pro-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WIN_20190715_12_28_15_Pro-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WIN_20190715_12_28_15_Pro-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WIN_20190715_12_28_15_Pro-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WIN_20190715_12_28_15_Pro-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WIN_20190715_12_28_15_Pro.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">1. Tell us about your writing\/published<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I have been fortunate enough to have had two novels published so far the first one is entitled `The Flatterys of Nodnol Hall` which is a comedy crime thriller and the second, a modern day romantic comedy called `The Ghanaian Woman`.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=elizabethholl-21&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=GB&amp;placement=B07JNKB94Z&amp;asins=B07JNKB94Z&amp;linkId=9485849a3d6e5e557503a3f9d398aaf3&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=ehollandautho-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B07JNKB94Z&amp;asins=B07JNKB94Z&amp;linkId=ecd7ca878de3a1c63d932b11b3bbc1cf&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=false&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=elizabethholl-21&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=GB&amp;placement=B07XC2N3GZ&amp;asins=B07XC2N3GZ&amp;linkId=b67e522772a4d25f8e52cf3e13815bd9&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=ehollandautho-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B07XC2N3GZ&amp;asins=B07XC2N3GZ&amp;linkId=6fac8c243d9ec425be89b17e4be80f11&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=false&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">2. Have you always wanted to write?<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I think deep down I have even from a very early age about seven or eight as I can vividly remembering one day at home when I was misbehaving I think due to boredom more than anything else which I believe my late mother saw as well, so instead of punishing me she made me sit down in the passage way and told me to write a story. Well, I wasn`t going to argue with mum was I? Which I did without it being too much of an effort if I remember rightly. But all I remember of that story was that I called it The Skeleton Key.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">3. What do you do when you have Writer`s Block?<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I always try my utmost not to let Writer`s Block beat me, usually I just need to switch off from writing even if it`s only for an hour or two take a walk, go to the shops, or just play some of my favourite music<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">.<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">4. Do you write under a pen name? If so, tell us how about you chose it?<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I normally put into my books somewhere, usually in my bio, Paul `Pops` Westlake rather than just Paul Westlake as Pops came from my time when I served in the Royal Navy, and quite a few of my old shipmates still call me it<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">.<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">5. How do you handle criticism?<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I look at it this way, you are not going to please everyone with what you have written, so just take it on the chin and move.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">6. Would you want your book made into a film?<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Being perfectly honest, yes, as I think that my first novel `The Flatterys of Nodnol Hall` could make a good one.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paulrhys4\">You can find Paul on Twitter.<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author Q&amp;A with Paul Westlake *This post contains affiliate links*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Author Q&A with @paulrhys4","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[14],"tags":[9,13,12,11],"class_list":["post-532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-author-interviews","tag-book","tag-indie-author","tag-self-pub","tag-self-published"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Black-and-White-Beauty-Quote-Pinterest-Graphic.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532\/revisions\/535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}