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10 Questions with SciFi Writer Peter Cawdron (@PeterCawdron)

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This Author Spotlight features Science Fiction writer Peter Cawdron Author of Little Green Men This week's interview features Brisbane-based writer Peter Cawdron, author of seven novels, including his latest, Little Green Men. In addition to writing, Peter enjoys running in the forest, reading Winnie-the-Pooh or Dr. Seuss to his kids, and "looking up stuff on the internet and trying to wrap [his] head around it all…" 1.How did you get into writing and why do you write? I’ve always loved the creative act of writing. My first act of creative writing came about after being thrown out of my high school English class. I'd been talking too much. I was sent outside the classroom and told to write a two page apology to the teacher. Sitting there in the hallway with two friends also tasked with this humbling assignment, I could not bring myself to mindlessly write out, “I am sorry for talking in class” hundreds and hundreds of times. Inste