Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I love writing and I love food. More precisely I love good wholesome food; so I thought why not combine the two and write about food. I want to share my passion for holistic nutrition, my love of fresh local produce and show people how to improve their health my making healthier food choices. I love working on flavor combinations and experimenting with ingredients a bit like a scientist. I can spend hours in the kitchen playing around with flavors until I get it just right. I do this by bringing myself into the present moment and feeling the ingredients around me, I then inject love into it and get creating. My first business focused on developing products that were highly nutritious and energy dense, to offer as an alternative to other convenience foods. Although that business didn’t work out, my passion for wanting to make healthy food taste good lives on. So I wrote my first book ‘Lunch in a Jar’ which focuses on healthy lunchtime alternatives for the busy person to share my passion for wholesome food with others.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I wrote ‘Lunch in a Jar’ because I feel we undervalue fruit and vegetables. I feel there are so many different types of fruit and vegetables out in the world that often get overlooked. We favor meat and grains over fresh produce and yet fruit and vegetables have the highest amount of vitamins, nutrients, and antioxidants. So I wanted to create recipes using a variety of flavor combinations to inspire others to get creative in the kitchen and start experimenting more with different types of fresh produce.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes, as a writer you need to be able to get into the creative zone. I do this by centering myself through meditation and listening to inspiring music to get into the flow.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love reading practical books. Sometimes I think I should lose myself in a good novel a little more often, but I just love reading books people have written on subjects they have mastered. Whether it is how to build a website or how to manifest more wealth and abundance or learing about the emotion code. I read each page eagely wanting to be a sponge and absorbe it all. I am just finishing off reading ‘get rich lucky bitch’ by Denise Duffield – Thomas a book about manifesting abundance and wealth by clearing past money troubles.
What are you working on now?
Right now I am focusing on launching my website and my blog but my second cookbook will be a selection of healthy snack recipes. I love my afternoon treat but I love it even more if its tasty and healthy at the same time.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am just starting out but I think the key to selling books is getting your book out there and seen. I completed a course on Udemy on how to become a best-selling author. And although I am just launching my book Tom Corson – Knowles has written a great course on the subject and has been a great inspiration. He has also published ‘the kindle publishing bible’ a book worth reading for any new authors.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Not yet as I am one of them. But I put a lot of pressure on myself when I was writing my cookbook, wanting it to be perfect. It doesn’t have to be perfect it just has to come from the heart and whether you sell 10 or 10,000 copies, it doesn’t matter you have been brave enough to get your creation out there. So be proud of yourself whatever the outcome.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Be your true authentic self and don’t be scared of being seen or being heard, we all have a message to share and we are never going to be able to please everyone. We just need to be an inspiration for the people who share our values.
What are you reading now?
‘Sex at dawn’ why we mate, why we stray and what it means for modern day relationships a fascinating book written by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha that dissects everything we have ever been taught about relationships and sex and gives us a whole new perspective on the subject. A great read with lots of uh-ha moments.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Probably a couple more cookbooks, although I would like to write a book on ‘healing from the inside out’ which explains how to bring our bodies back into balance by looking into the emotional, spiritual and physical aspects of an individual’s health. Nutrition alone is not enough; we all have deep-seated issues that unbalance our physical bodies and prevent us from healing and therefore all aspects of the self, have to be considered in order to bring about change and healing.
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?
I believe that work should not feel like work. So I love reading books on subjects I am passionate about to further enhance my knowledge. I have a collection of unread books in my kindle library at the moment waiting to be read. The top 4 would be the emotion code, yoga anatomy, EFT tapping for beginners and ‘the subtle body’ an encyclopedia of your energetic anatomy.
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