EP 202: Interview with author Laura Cooney

<p>Today, R. N. Roveleh, one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing and co-editor of the literary magazine <a href="https://tetedepunk.wixsite.com/theunconcourier">The Unconventional Courier</a>, interviews writer Laura Cooney. </p> <p>Her short-story “Musically Challenged. Challenged Musically” was published in our December Issue of The Unconventional Courier. It is a powerful and touching story of someone who is in love with music, but is tone deaf. You can read it <a href="https://tetedepunk.wixsite.com/theunconcourier/post/musically-challenged">here</a>.</p> <p>Laura is a writer from Edinburgh with publications for both children and adults online and in print anthologies. Her recent side projects include attending spoken word events and collaboratively creating a children&#39;s poetry zine.</p> <p>When she&#39;s not doing lots of writing you&#39;ll find her with her children as close to the sea as possible, there will be ice-cream! </p> <p>You can find Laura Cooney’s blog at  <a href="https://deref-mail.com/mail/client/q8XRYc3V_nM/dereferrer/?redirectUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lozzawriting.com">www.lozzawriting.com</a> and you can follow her on Twitter and Instagram @lozzawriting. </p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>R.N. Roveleh asks Laura the following questions:</strong></p> <p>1. Your story, “Musically Challenged”, speaks about the protagonist’s relationship to music, how music seeps into every aspect of their life and being. Let me start by asking you this: what was your inspiration for the story?</p> <p>3. What inspires you to write, in general?</p> <p>4. Have you got any favourite themes, types of characters, styles that you prefer to insert into your stories?</p> <p>5. How would you say that your job as teacher plays into your vocation as a writer?</p> <p>6. You published a zine with a team of writers and artists. I’m really curious to learn more, please tell us more about it. Do you think you’ll collaborate together again for similar projects in the future?</p> <p>7. What projects are you currently workin