Fritha Waters

Fritha Waters lives and writes in Norfolk.

She survived Dartington College of Arts and completed a degree in Performance Writing, like all former Dartington students, she also mourns the loss of the college. Fritha was lucky enough to win the Traverse Unpublished Writers Jam session a good few years ago now, but still hangs onto the memory. Chapman Magazine in Edinburgh published a short story and then after the intervention of small people, a novel finally emerged. 'Cameo' is available from all good websites.

She still writes, although there is not enough hours in the day.

Credentials

Fritha Waters in 60 seconds

When did you start writing?

My bedroom, Suffolk

What do you love about short stories?

They strike quickly and often more deeply.

Do you write in other forms?

Novels.

What distracts you from writing?

children and everything they come with.

Outside of writing, what are your other passions?

Gardening, cooking, drinking (in that order).

What is your favourite book?

If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things.

Who are your favourite writers?

Michael Ondaatje, Alice Munro and David Sedaris.

Where is your dream location?

Iceland.

What one item would you put into Room 101?

Superficiality.

Do you have any advice for new writers?

Keep doing it.