Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Cecelia and I have been scribbling since I was a child. I currently have four books on Amazon: SPECIAL PICTURES TO TALK ABOUT (a speech development teaching aid), SILVER SPRINGTIME (a Christian romance), ALL FOR LOVE (a secular romance set on reality television) and MYSTIC EVERMORE (a paranormal vampire romance and adventure series).
I expect to write many more novels and poems. Sometimes stories burst out of me faster than I can type and I write very quickly. For years I was frustrated I could not share these stories with a wider audience. However, of recent times, Print on Demand technology has allowed me to control my publishing process.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book was MYSTIC EVERMORE. It was inspired by my love of American Gothic fiction in the style of Edgar Allan Poe and vampire stories following the tradition commenced by Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Is sitting with a laptop on my knees unusual? Jumping up at night to record words so perfect they can not wait?
What authors, or books have influenced you?
J.R.R. Tolkien, Thomas Mallory, Enid Blyton, C.S. Lewis, William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Stephen King. H.P. Lovecraft.
What are you working on now?
Apart from this author interview you mean? Well I’m trying to finalise the sequel to ALL FOR LOVE, which will be ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID. This idea came to me while editing ALL FOR LOVE. Editing 29 chapters is a huge task. I loved the characters and the book was ‘stand alone’, so I challenged myself – how would a sequel fit on here? The answer came as a different reality television show, produced by the same TV station.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I don’t know yet. I am an Australia writer. The marketing platforms I am using as US based. So not only do I have to relate to an overseas audience – I cannot find the same tools to get known at home here in Aust!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Never give up.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write every day.
What are you reading now?
Other than my own writing, I’m bored. Any suggestions – I fancy something about werewolves?
What’s next for you as a writer?
SAINTS AND SINNERS will be published later this year. This is the second in the vampire series. I mean to edit and publish HOPE AND LOVE this is the sequel to SILVER SPRINGTIME.
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?
The Bible. The Complete Works of Shakespeare, Tennyson’s Poetry and Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.
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