interview Archives - Elena Bowes https://elenabowes.com/tag/interview/ New York-London design & culture writer of a certain vintage looking for meaning and wholeness in life Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:04:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 https://i0.wp.com/elenabowes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cropped-tile.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 interview Archives - Elena Bowes https://elenabowes.com/tag/interview/ 32 32 65186774 ‘Spanish Crossings’ and How It All Started with a Sentence https://elenabowes.com/spanish-crossings-and-how-it-all-started-with-a-sentence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spanish-crossings-and-how-it-all-started-with-a-sentence Thu, 04 May 2017 17:31:51 +0000 http://elenabowes.com/?p=5705 While we’re on the subjects of interviews, read my Q&A with author and writing coach John Simmons about his latest  novel Spanish Crossings. The interview ran in writer’s group 26’s April e-letter. The novel is split into three chronological parts –  before, during and after the Spanish Civil War. John discusses historical novel writing, character and plot. And how...

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The novel is split into three chronological parts –  before, during and after the Spanish Civil War. John discusses historical novel writing, character and plot. And how it all began with a few words that arrived magically: “Mother declared herself happy.”

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]]> 5705 Making a Difference in Cambodia https://elenabowes.com/making-a-difference-in-cambodia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=making-a-difference-in-cambodia Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:42:22 +0000 http://elenabowes.com/?p=151 “I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.” Buddha The above is, unsurprisingly, one of Scott Neeson’s favorite quotes. Neeson gave up his top job in Hollywood,  moved to Cambodia and set up the Cambodian Children’s Fund. I interviewed him for Indagare . February, 2012

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“I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.” Buddha

The above is, unsurprisingly, one of Scott Neeson’s favorite quotes. Neeson gave up his top job in Hollywood,  moved to Cambodia and set up the Cambodian Children’s Fund. I interviewed him for Indagare .

February, 2012

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