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AUTHORS INTERVIEW
How did you find the experience of writing the book?
Moss: Writing the book was a good experience.
What was your aim?
Moss: My aim is to help alleviate where possible the fear of death.
Did you find writing this book as an extra step in overcoming grief?
Moss: Mercifully, I was not greatly grieved, I dreamed of John approximately once a month for six months and his progress recuperating and emerging from three years being bedridden, was shown to me, for this I am very grateful. The writing gave me something to concentrate on and this I feel was beneficial for my mind. There was a sense of satisfaction on completing each essay.
What plans do you have for writing another book? Will it undoubtedly be on the same subject?
Moss: I do not know how the future will unravel and what is ahead. I take life a day at a time and will watch where it leads me - should I feel another book would be helpful I would consider putting pen to paper, but I have no plans of doing this at the moment.
Do you believe that you possess a gift or are the experiences described, in your opinion, available to everyone?
Moss: I think that many people are becoming aware of these type of experiences, they are certainly more talked about. If you want to become conscious of them you keep an open mind, some people do not want them and deliberately close their minds. I feel it is up to the individual. All my life I have been told that I am very sensitive, whether this is a gift I would not like to say, you do have to learn how to cope and how to gracefully withdraw.
How closely do you experiences and your religion tie in together?
Moss: The experiences do affect my philosophy. They have broadened my understanding. There appear to be more "layers" to life than I had considered possible.
What specific influences did the Second World War have on you?
Moss: Dirk Bogarde wrote somewhere "Make no mistake, war is all about killing people". This is a lot for a small child to take on board and made me, I think, very fearful. With time I learned that much positive was also brought about because of the war, nevertheless, I still think that war is a terrible state of affairs.
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