What is my favourite story?
For me, its usually the book or books I am working on at the moment. Ive recently finished Wonderstop, the Tale of Two Wandering Wombats . Ive recently completed Georgiana, Woman of Flowers, a historical novel which took over 6 years to complete and Im collecting poetry for two anthologies Im working on at present. My favourite stories to read for myself, apart from contemporary novels, are folk tales for their honesty and plainness. I like the diversity, richness, outright weirdness and thus the freshness of other cultures in story form. Theres much to be learned about good writing from folktalesand in any case I believe they answer some profound need in us for story.
