Pauline McLynn is probably still best known as the fabulous Mrs Doyle in the much-missed Father Ted, but she's also a best-selling author. A review of her latest novel, Bright Lights and Promises, is coming soon. In the meantime here's an interview!
Please describe your latest book in 15 words or fewer:
What happens when you lie for a living, can't control your son and your mother comes to live (18 words and it doesn't BEGIN to cover it!!).
Where do you like to write your books (in bed, a coffee shop, an office)?
I am currently stuck to the kitchen table where I can spread out - we have been having dinner on our laps for months now...
Your favourite chick-lit book?
Anything by Marian Keyes
Your favourite female heroine (if different from above!), and why?
Scarlett O'Hara - indomitable spirit, gorgeous and a great dress sense.
What tips would you give to any of our readers who want to become writers?
Just do it, don't talk about it - there is no substitute for actually writing it down.
What are you reading at the moment?
My copious, scattered and sometimes illegible notes for my next novel - a painful experience.
What are you working on now? (If you can give us a hint!)
A novel about a woman with Alzheimers and her daughter
Do you have a theme song?
Depends on the day/mood/crisis that's in it
What question have you never been asked in an interview, but think you should have been? (Tell us the question and answer it too, if you like!)
There are plenty of questions I could have been asked, I guess,
whatever about should have, but I am glad they remain unspoken ... hope
this makes me sound a little mysterious (though I am not).
Thanks, Pauline!
