Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I tell people I didn’t want to be a writer, and the truth is I didn’t choose to be a writer, the Lord put it in my heart. My mom encouraged imagination and creativity as a child, so it became something that stuck with me. Now I have written four novels, published two, and I’m working on at least four more.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called “When the Italian Came to Stay.” As sad as it sounds, a year or so ago, I was watching the ITV/PBS drama “Downton Abbey,” and the imagination just sort of came alive.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I do my best writing late at night.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Oh my, T. S. Eliot, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jane Austen, Francine Rivers, Julie Lessman, Elizabeth Camden, and a list of so many others.
What are you working on now?
I am actually working on two things now – 1) a Regency Romance about an estate that loses everything, and 2) a Young Adult Supernatural Series in which the characters have special abilities.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Right now I would say Awesomegang – who wouldn’t want to meet their favorite authors?
Do you have any advice for new authors?
At the risk of sounding redundant – DON’T GIVE UP!! My first rejection letter was an unsigned photocopy, and honestly, that hurt more than if they had told me what they really thought. Don’t be afraid of constructive criticism, it is like a bee sting – it will hurt for a second, but you will learn from it.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
DON’T GIVE UP!!!!
What are you reading now?
Right now I am reading a Regency Romance by Ruth Axtell called “Moonlight Masquerade: A Regency Romance.” I’m really impressed with it so far. It is fresh, and that is something that the genre needs.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Keep writing, and thanking everyone for their support!
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
1) the Bible, 2) “The Lady of Bolton Hill” by Elizabeth Camden, and 3) The Norton Anthology of British Literature.
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