Lynda Nash

Quite a long time ago, Lynda was born in the South Wales Valleys. At the age of six she wrote her first story, 'The Green Bone' and she recently discovered a book of poetry penned during her teenage years – full of angst, and adoration for Steve Harley (hopefully, her writing has improved since then!). Lynda's published works are: ‘Not as Pointless as You Think (humorous short fiction), Ashes of a Valleys Childhood (poems about growing up in the valleys) and Danny Down the Drainpipe (a picture book). Right now she's writing a novel as part of Swansea University's PhD course – (she's written other novels but they're either not finished or not publishable). She likes writing that doesn't explain itself, and is pedantic about present participles and sentences that include 'As'. When she isn't writing, Lynda juggles family life with teaching English Language GCSE and Creative Writing in adult education colleges and tutoring Little Writers Inc (a Newport-based writing group). Her other joys of life are cake, cats, kids, snow, Guinness and Ireland, which is where you’ll find her if she ever goes missing.

Credentials

Lynda Nash in 60 seconds

When did you start writing?

2000

What do you love about Short Stories?

They are short.

Do you write in other forms?

Poetry, micro-fict, novels...

What distracts you from writing?

Bad TV.

Outside of writing, what are your other passions?

Stationery and salt and Killer Suduko.

What is your favourite book?

A Clockwork Orange.

Who are your favourite writers?

Margaret Atwood, Lesley Glaister and John Wyndham

Where is your dream location?

Ireland

What one item would you put into Room 101?

Parmesan cheese

Do you have any advice for new writers?

Don't be afraid to write badly - if you can't write wrong, you won't write right!