Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
As an author and ghostwriter who has written over thirty books, I like to write stories set in picturesque places, for readers who like a hero or heroine they can really root for.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
A Christmas Romance with the Earl is my latest book and was inspired by meeting a minor royal when out in a nearby village years ago, as you do. He seemed strangely… ordinary.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Before I start to write, I always like to water my flowers in Animal Crossing.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Jane Austen mainly but any author who likes to write feisty heroines. One of my favourite characters is also Hermione Granger, because there is nothing like a heroine who is witty and smart but can also fit an entire library inside her bag.
What are you working on now?
I’m nearing the second draft of A Spring Romance with the Earl.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have found that the best method of promotion is generally through email newsletters.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
To write the best book that you possibly can, that’s all we can ever do as writers.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Take all writing advice with a pinch of salt. Test which writing methods work best for you, keep some and throw away the rest.
What are you reading now?
Watership Down. It’s harder for a fantasy epic featuring talking rabbits to influence any of my romance story plotlines…
What’s next for you as a writer?
Finishing the next book in the A Romance with the Earl series, so that readers can find out whether Jess and the earl stay together. Or whether old flames or new suitors conspire to tear them apart.
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?
Pride and Prejudice because in spite of pressure from family and society for Elizabeth Bennet to marry, she not only sticks to her guns but also gets her HEA.
The Meeting of the Medusa by Arthur C. Clarke because it’s the ultimate battle between ‘man’ versus planet, just the sort of thing you need to read on a deserted island.
And The Tao Te Ching, as I’ve read different versions a hundred times and still cannot comprehend the mystery.
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