An interview with
Rebecca Fletcher
What is, in your opinion, the best thing (or your favourite thing) that you’ve ever written? Tell us about it.
I love writing absurdist stories, but it’s hard to get them through a critique group without some complicated discussions. I’m proudest of a story I wrote called Losing Grip, which was about a man who wakes up one morning with a hand grenade in his hand and late for work. It goes about as well as you’d expect.
Who are your favourite writers, and what influences your writing?
Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut, hands down. Shout out to Spike Milligan as well.
What are your hobbies?
I don’t usually have a lot of free time but I’m pretty excited to try this whole ‘sleep’ thing the kids are doing.
Describe yourself as if you are a character in one of your own stories/poems.
(I wasn't sure about this one so I left it blank sorry!)
Tell us something crazy.
The only US state that doesn’t share a letter with the word ‘mackerel’ is Ohio.
What’s the weirdest question you’ve ever been asked in an interview? And what did you answer?
Not a question but once I went to a job interview for a social media manager position. The guy was half an hour late and wound up interviewing me for an IT role instead. He said he needed to talk to his brother then gave me a free bottle of wine. I’m still waiting the follow-up call, or at least another bottle.
What is your writing set-up? (E.g your garden shed, a cafe etc) and are there any things you must have to get the words to flow, e.g a lucky hat or a favourite shirt?
I will write anywhere, any time. Scraps of paper, backs of envelopes, notes on my phone. There are no guarantees to my process, so I just gather up the loose bits of paper then hope they fit together some how at the other end. Some stuff comes together really quickly, other times it takes me months to stomp the problems out of a story.
I love writing absurdist stories, but it’s hard to get them through a critique group without some complicated discussions. I’m proudest of a story I wrote called Losing Grip, which was about a man who wakes up one morning with a hand grenade in his hand and late for work. It goes about as well as you’d expect.
Who are your favourite writers, and what influences your writing?
Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut, hands down. Shout out to Spike Milligan as well.
What are your hobbies?
I don’t usually have a lot of free time but I’m pretty excited to try this whole ‘sleep’ thing the kids are doing.
Describe yourself as if you are a character in one of your own stories/poems.
(I wasn't sure about this one so I left it blank sorry!)
Tell us something crazy.
The only US state that doesn’t share a letter with the word ‘mackerel’ is Ohio.
What’s the weirdest question you’ve ever been asked in an interview? And what did you answer?
Not a question but once I went to a job interview for a social media manager position. The guy was half an hour late and wound up interviewing me for an IT role instead. He said he needed to talk to his brother then gave me a free bottle of wine. I’m still waiting the follow-up call, or at least another bottle.
What is your writing set-up? (E.g your garden shed, a cafe etc) and are there any things you must have to get the words to flow, e.g a lucky hat or a favourite shirt?
I will write anywhere, any time. Scraps of paper, backs of envelopes, notes on my phone. There are no guarantees to my process, so I just gather up the loose bits of paper then hope they fit together some how at the other end. Some stuff comes together really quickly, other times it takes me months to stomp the problems out of a story.