Mark Liam Piggott

After writing two novels in just over two years, it’s a relief to attempt a screenplay. Not that it’s any easier, in fact with all the fiddly formatting it’s harder in some ways, and you have to really work on dialogue and actions in the absence of, well, anything else; but it’s not so intensive, I don’t dream about it, slide into schizo reveries, scream into the night. The fact my screenplay’s (theoretically) a comedy helps; with (post-) modern humour you can stick in more o

Odd that the book fair begins tomorrow and yet I feel completely disconnected from it: from the industry, from publishers, agents, other authors - it's a parallel world running alongside my "real" world (nappies, jobs, the street), with no real connection between the two. I don't mix or meet other authors, I've never been to the Groucho, I rarely even get the chance to talk about books, yet I'm connected to this other world virtue of having published one novel. Had a rather u