Sunday, November 15, 2020

Q&A with Martyn Ford

From my Q&A with Martyn Ford, author of Every Missing Thing:
How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?

It sets the tone and subject matter. The story is broadly about two missing characters and the effect their absence has on everyone else. Our focus is on what’s not there and what we don’t see, even when we’re watching closely.

There are also subtler themes around honesty and similar virtues lacking from some of the main characters. And how corrosive, and ultimately catastrophic, such shortfalls can be on a long enough timeline.

Plus, it…[read on]
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Q&A with Martyn Ford.

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