There are also benefits to living with another writer – close proximity to an editor. “You only realise that after you’ve had a child – that you had all this time and you just wasted it,” adds Savanadasa, smiling. “We used to have all the time in the world.” “The only thing we compete for is time, now that we’ve got a two-year-old,” Joosten explains. “Our work is quite different so there isn’t much to compete over,” says Savanadasa. With writing being such a competitive industry, I ask if it’s a concern that a couple in the same field might find themselves competing for the same opportunities. Balancing parenthood, work and writing means time to do this interview is a luxury. We meet early in the morning because despite the pair’s readily apparent accomplishments in literature, writing isn’t a full-time occupation for them – both have a day job. There’s a well-used desk tucked to one side, books neatly arranged, and, just visible in the next room, a high chair – evidence of their two-year-old daughter, Mala. “I was going to move in with a friend,” she explains “and he was like ‘ahhhh … maybe I could live here’. Joosten was looking to move out of her sharehouse and Savanadasa “tagged along” for the inspection. They’ve lived in this apartment for five years.
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