{"id":163369,"date":"2022-03-29T12:52:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T01:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/?p=163369"},"modified":"2022-03-30T10:53:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T23:53:58","slug":"ten-terrifying-questions-with-hilde-hinton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2022\/03\/29\/ten-terrifying-questions-with-hilde-hinton\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Terrifying Questions with Hilde Hinton!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hilde Hinton avoided being a writer for many years. But after her critically acclaimed debut novel, The Loudness of Unsaid Things, made a number of bestseller lists, everything changed. Now the stories won’t stop. Hilde, dedicated big sister to Connie and Samuel Johnson, lives in a boisterous house in Melbourne with a revolving door for the temporarily defeated and takes great pride in people leaving slightly better than when they arrived. Her children are mostly loved. And so are her books.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, to celebrate the upcoming release of her new novel A Solitary Walk on the Moon<\/a><\/strong>, Hilde Hinton is on the blog to take on our Ten Terrifying Questions! Read on …<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hilde Hinton<\/p><\/div>\n

1. To begin with, why don\u2019t you tell us a little bit about yourself \u2013 where were you born? Raised? Schooled?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our family moved each year \u2013 Dad supplemented his income as a writer by flipping houses. If I had a dollar for every time my dad said \u2018where\u2019s my f#$king hammer\u2019, I\u2019d have a yacht; if I wanted a yacht, which I don\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n

2. What did you want to be when you were twelve, eighteen and thirty? And why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 12 I wanted to be an architect. I spent hours walking and riding my bike around the suburbs and giving them a mark out of 10. It was house envy because the ones we lived in were dilapidated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 18 I had no idea there was anything other than the now \u2013 Dad said if I took a tenth of the energy I used on the pursuit of fun, I could run a country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 30 I had a secondhand bookshop. My life was a treasure hunt, and I didn\u2019t want to do anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. What strongly held belief did you have at eighteen that you don\u2019t have now?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That the whole world can stand up and work together. I\u2019ve toned it down somewhat, and now believe small groups can band together and make slight alterations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. What are three works of art \u2013 this could be a book, painting, piece of music, film, etc \u2013 that influenced your development as a writer?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leonard Cohen showed me that stories don\u2019t have to be happy, John Brack\u2019s paintings showed me that the mundane can be interesting, and walking past my Dad\u2019s study and seeing him write his novel A Low Breed<\/em> showed me that all you have to do is sit there and the rest will follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Considering the many artistic forms out there, what appeals to you about writing a novel?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a medium, words require the most imagination. They don\u2019t tell you what to see, hear, touch. Words allow you to form images, imagine sounds, faces, streets. They lead you to feel without telling you what to feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘It really comes down to sitting there and not moving until you\u2019ve written something; even if it\u2019s only a paragraph.’<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

6. Please tell us about your latest novel!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evelyn watches her community from her laundromat window and tries desperately to remain at arm\u2019s length. But she can\u2019t help herself. Before she knows it, a patchwork family forms around her. The forgetful old man who collects model trains, the largely invisible local paint shop man, a young mother who isn\u2019t naturally happy and her curious eight-year-old son gravitate to Evelyn, who has to decide whether to do what she has always done, run, or stick around and pay the price of being a part of something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. What do you hope people take away with them after reading your work?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone has a story, each life matters and there\u2019s extraordinary in the seemingly ordinary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Who do you most admire in the writing world and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as I can\u2019t pick a favourite song, food, travel destination or what I\u2019m having for dinner, I cannot pick who I most admire in the writing world. I can say that Elizabeth Jolley gave me alternate worlds in my angsty teen years, that no one makes me smile more than Dr Seuss and Bridge of Clay<\/a><\/strong><\/em> was the last book that made me weep. Basically, any writer who sparks my feelings and\/or makes me question my moral compass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Many artists set themselves very ambitious goals. What are yours?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be a published writer forever plus infinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. Do you have any advice for aspiring writers?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hmm, yes \u2026 find the minutes and do the work. There are no shortcuts and there\u2019s never a good time to start \u2026 or is it always a good time to start. Anyway, it really comes down to sitting there and not moving until you\u2019ve written something; even if it\u2019s only a paragraph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for playing!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014A Solitary Walk on the Moon<\/a><\/em> by Hilde Hinton (Hachette Australia) is out on the 30th of March. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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