Shaan Caskey
Shaan Caskey, 40yr old male, husband and father who lives with a head injury.
Do you try more to be original, or to deliver to readers what they want?
Original
How do you select the names of your characters?
The only book I have written so far didn’t have any named characters
What was the first book that made you cry?
The Power of One
If you had to do something differently as a child or teenager to become a better writer as an adult, what would you do?
I should have retired from sport as a child to avoid all the concussions and picked up a pen instead
Have you Googled yourself? Did you find out anything interesting?
No, but I just might now
Are there any secrets in your books that only a few people will find? Can you tell us one? Or give us any hints?
On the very back cover, the children blocks spell the name of our son Hugo who was stillborn at 23 weeks, so we hid his name as well as the bear in the pictures (Our Hugo Bear) in the book in remembrance to him.
How did publishing your first book change your writing process?
I am yet to write a second book, but I will be able to answer this if I ever do
How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have?
None yet
Do you read your book reviews? How do you deal with bad or good ones?
I haven’ had any yet, but they will not faze me as I only wrote the book in the first place for my daughter