Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Author of British paranormal romance series The Redcliffe Novels, I was raised on books from a young age and has happy memories of Saturday mornings spent in my small local library, devouring the contents of the shelves. I have always been fascinated by the supernatural world, and it feels natural for me to write about vampires, werewolves, witches and other mystical creatures in my contemporary stories.
More recently, I released contemporary English Gothic novel, Vampire of Blackpool. These novels will show you the darker, sexier side of our favourite British seaside resorts! I am currently working on a new series of novels featuring vampire hunters that work in and around Manchester and the North West of England.
Known as SpookyMrsGreen: The Pagan Housewife, I run a pagan lifestyle blog chronicling my adventures in mothering and magic, with a series of non-fiction books to follow, when I find time to write them!
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Return of the Vampire Hunter, part of my growing vampire hunter series of novels. It was inspired by a short story I wrote (but never published) about a bored housewife who meets a vampire and how the experience changes her forever.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t think so. I do tend to daydream about my writing projects while out walking the dog, and I have been known to walk into hanging baskets and lampposts because I am away in my fantasy world, writing in my mind.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Laurell K Hamilton has been a huge influence with her Anita Blake series, but my first introduction was the Nightworld series of books by L.J. Smith. They showed me a world that I had dreamed about but never found in my library, and from there I discovered a whole new genre of novels. Back then they were simply labelled ‘paranormal’ in the bookshops. I moved on to Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles after that and my creative juices began to flow.
What are you working on now?
I am now working on Book 6 in my Redcliffe Novels series set in Cornwall, England. This is the final instalment in the box set and will finish what we started with our heroine Jessica Stone in Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel). Book 1. These books have been a passion project and were a work in progress from the late 90s up until I got published in 2011. Our innocent human woman has awakened as a witch and proved more than a match for her vampire and werewolf companions, and she will save the men she loves and protect her pack from the enemy.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m still searching for that Holy Grail! For a while I found Instagram a good tool but it was short-lived and needs a lot of work. There is no quick fix.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just write the damn book! I get so hung up on sales and marketing that I forget where I started in the first place. My books are truly my babies and I continue to amaze myself at the stories that appear from nowhere when I write. This is my passion and it makes me feel good, so I will keep on doing it because I have to. I would whither away without my writing.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write the damn book! People will give you advice from all arenas, whether they work in publishing or not (mostly not) and because there are so many possibilities they cannot all work for everyone. We have to find our own way and our own methods.
What are you reading now?
I’m reading a book about Karuna Reiki for my day job, and the fourth novel in the Shogun Quartet by Lesley Downer, The Samurai’s Daughter.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Oh, lots of projects. Finish the box set for the Redcliffe Novels and relaunch them with some updates and fresh content. Finish the sequel to Vampire of Blackpool. Finish a few more manuscripts in my vampire hunter series. That should keep me busy for a while!
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?
Some huge coffee table books! Perhaps a couple of books about witchcraft and ghosts, and then a couple of fiction favourites. I can’t decide which ones.
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