Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written and published a collection of short stories – A Little Book of Tall Short Stories and two novels – Butter and Whiskey: The Ballad of Maggie Doyle and the sequel – What Cannot be Cured: The Continuing Ballad of Maggie Doyle.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
What Cannot be Cured: The Continuing Ballad of Maggie Doyle is the sequel to my first novel Butter and Whiskey: The Ballad of Maggie Doyle.
The prologue to the first novel came from a story I wrote over fifteen years ago and a woman who gives birth to an angel. The character stayed with over the years and I often wondered what would befall her after this incident. When I sat down to write, the novel just wrote itself. However, although it is a stand alone novel, I found that, after completing it, Maggie was still not through with me, so wrote the sequel.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I always listen to the same CD in the background when I write a book, though it is different for each one. I find it helps put me back i the zone more easily. I tend to listen to classical music as there are no lyrics to distract me.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Angela Carter, Jeanette Winterson. I love good sci-fi by anyone and
What are you working on now?
I am currently working on my third novel as sci-fi dystopian fantasy for young adults. I love all things that relate to time travel and the inherent paradoxes involved, so thought I would have a go at one. It is very different from my first two novels and I am very much enjoying the freedom this genre provides.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
This is all still very new to me so I am on the steep learning curve with that one!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just stick with it.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
SHOW NOT TELL!
What are you reading now?
I am re-reading bright Rock by Graham Greene. Sheer brilliance!
What’s next for you as a writer?
Trying to crack the marketing business and completing my current novel. I have a third book in the Ballad of Maggie Doyle series fermenting in the back of my mine and a host of other ideas. There is never enough time!
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?
Persuasion by Jane Austen. The complete works of William Shakespeare ( Cheating I know).
The Last Circus on Earth by BP Marshall.
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