2. What is your nickname?
Loopy
3. What is your greatest fear?
Long division and heights. Being stuck on a roof with math homework would be the scariest day ever.
4. Describe your writing style in ten words.
Sensory, lyrical; a bit like a walk on the beach.
5. Tell us five positive words that describe you as a writer.
Thoughtful, feeling, funny, observant, challenging.
6. What book character would you be, and why?
I would be the green sheep, fast asleep.
7. If you could time travel, what year would you go to and why?
I would go back to 1998 to tell myself none of the things I was worried about were going to happen so I should stop stressing.
8. What would your ten-year-old self say to you now?
Wow! That went quick!
9. Who is your greatest influence?
When it comes to writing, Jackie French – I read her as a kid and still read her as an adult. She can make anything sound good.
10. What/who made you start writing?
My primary school principal, Mr Pye. I did a creative writing course with him in Grade 5 and have been hooked on words ever since. My mum also encouraged me to write and enter competitions, so I’m grateful for that.
11. What is your favourite word and why?
Serendipity. It sounds fun and lingers on the tongue, and it is a cool thing too.
12. If you could only read one book for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton. An Australian character narrative full of love and colour and humanity.
When Lucy first started working with Aunty Ruth, she was struck by her beautiful stories of fishing, crabbing and shell work with her family in La Perouse and ‘The Dock’ in Orient Point, eventually convincing her to start writing them down for future generations. For more information, see www.loopymedia.com.au.
