EP426: Lou Abercrombie — “I Write Whilst I Swim.”

Lou Abercrombie worked in TV and film production and as a photographer, and a few years ago started writing children’s books combining her passion for swimming and mathematics. Her debut novel FIG SWIMS THE WORLD, was longlisted for the Bath Children’s Award, and her new book AMAZING MATHS makes the subject of mathematics accessible in a way that we wish was around when we were at school. Lou reveals how water solves her story problems and how she’s helped by a waterproof notebook…

And as a special bonus, there’s an extract from a forthcoming Deep Dive featuring Mark Stay and Jon Wright discussing how they wrote and developed their movie UNWELCOME.

WE DISCUSS…

Pivoting from fiction to non-fiction
Writing stories out of order
And how she is inspired by water…

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Discover more about Lou here: https://www.louabercrombie.com/
Geoff White’s blog on writing as a stay-at-home parent: https://www.writerscookbook.com/writing-parent/

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