1 00:00:01,660 --> 00:00:10,900 Hi, I'm Charlie Tyler, and Sophie from the development office asked me if I could say a few words about my my book, 2 00:00:10,900 --> 00:00:18,040 which was published this year by Dog Strache. It's called The cry of the Lake and it's a psychological thriller. 3 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:22,780 So what my inspiration for it was, 4 00:00:22,780 --> 00:00:31,510 I had an idea about a little girl who was desperately keen to see a mermaid and her older sister has 5 00:00:31,510 --> 00:00:39,490 told her that she can she can see one if she goes to the lake at midnight when there's a full moon. 6 00:00:39,490 --> 00:00:47,440 And she does. But when she gets there, she witnesses something that she really shouldn't. 7 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:53,430 And it's something that she can't make sense of. So she buries this this idea in her head. 8 00:00:53,430 --> 00:01:04,690 And later on, it comes to the surface and it's really about what happens when you suppress something and hide something without dealing with it, 9 00:01:04,690 --> 00:01:18,830 without unpacking its meaning. And so later on, when it does come to the surface, she has to say, looks at the fallout that that's caused by this. 10 00:01:18,830 --> 00:01:25,700 So how do I find the process of writing? I find it relatively easy. 11 00:01:25,700 --> 00:01:32,890 I get to my desk in the morning and I do look for for reasons not to sit down and write. 12 00:01:32,890 --> 00:01:37,730 There's a slight fear that when I sit down, I won't be able to to produce anything. 13 00:01:37,730 --> 00:01:43,040 But on the whole, after a couple of cups of coffee, I manage to get something down. 14 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:53,190 And then all sort of right away until maybe midday when when I've got other jobs to do and other other things and real life gets in the way. 15 00:01:53,190 --> 00:02:03,420 During lockdown, I think I was relatively lucky that I was at a stage in the publication where I was just doing final edits. 16 00:02:03,420 --> 00:02:10,890 So I didn't. We have to concentrate because when I am writing, I do you like it to be quiet. 17 00:02:10,890 --> 00:02:15,810 And now my son is back at uni and my girls are at school. 18 00:02:15,810 --> 00:02:21,540 So I have a long period of the day where where I am on my own and I can create. 19 00:02:21,540 --> 00:02:29,760 So that's that's kind of worked out quite well. I do find the Internet a massive, massive. 20 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:34,650 Distraction. And I just can't seem to bring myself to turn it off. 21 00:02:34,650 --> 00:02:39,400 I think if I could. I would probably get a lot more done. 22 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:44,650 But I'm safe. I'm not going to miss out on something. It's just ridiculous, really. 23 00:02:44,650 --> 00:02:49,570 Yeah. No, I'm I'm okay. Morning. I can ride. 24 00:02:49,570 --> 00:03:00,650 It's good. One of the things I learnt during my time at Worcester, I had a brilliant time with. 25 00:03:00,650 --> 00:03:06,410 I was a theology student. So actually quite a lot of my tutorials were one on one. 26 00:03:06,410 --> 00:03:11,020 And I think I learnt quite quickly that the just nowhere to hide. 27 00:03:11,020 --> 00:03:19,670 You know, you have to write your essay. You have to read out to your tutor who has your undivided attention. 28 00:03:19,670 --> 00:03:26,780 And so there's no point in waffling or, you know, quoting reams of stuff that you don't understand. 29 00:03:26,780 --> 00:03:33,170 So I think really what it taught me was right how to write a good essay. 30 00:03:33,170 --> 00:03:41,930 I hope you taught me how to write a good essay anyway. And the other thing, I suppose, is I had to deal with a deadline. 31 00:03:41,930 --> 00:03:48,530 There's no point living. They're writing to the night before we even get wet, get away with it. 32 00:03:48,530 --> 00:03:55,590 I think maybe once or twice. But on the whole, if you want to have a good time, you get a little bit more prepared. 33 00:03:55,590 --> 00:04:00,020 Don't leave your essay writing to do the last minute. 34 00:04:00,020 --> 00:04:03,604 Thank you very much for watching.