Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a wife and mother, I work full-time, and I live in the UK. I’m shorter than I’d like to be (can’t do anything about that expect wear high heels) am cuddlier than I’d like to be (could definitely do something about that, my oh my, food is so scrummy), and I’d like to live somewhere hot (need ot win the lottery to be able to do that!).
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Under the Cherry Tree was inspired by the death of my beloved little Westie. I felt I wanted to commemorate her, and writing a book seemed the most fitting way.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really, though I write anywhere at any time – and on anything I can get my hands on! It’s usually my laptop, but if I’m out and about I’ll use my phone, a note pad and even the back of a till receipt.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I simply adore chick lit – all those lovely book covers, the happiness in the stories, the yummy cakes, the sweet shops, the perfect villages, the gorgeous locations…
Where do I start? There are so many!
What are you working on now?
Elephant and Pinky Moon, another chick lit, this one with less tears and more laughs than Under the Cherry Tree (I hope!). I look forward to introducing you to Flossie, with her wrinkles, too-small bikini (she’s in her 80s) and her bar-top dancing.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m not sure yet. Cherry Tree isn’t due out until 31st May 2017, so I’ll have to see which websites generate the most interest.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
I’m hoping someone will give some to me…
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep writing until you get to THE END.
Then do it allover again.
What are you reading now?
Catherine Ferguson’s The Secrets of Ivy Garden. I’m only on page 10, so haven’t had a chance to really get into it yet.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I’ve been bitten by the writing bug, and the darned thing won’t stop buzzing around in my head, so I suppose I have no choice but to keep writing stories until I run out of ideas.
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 Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson then anything else I could get my hands on – does a boxed set count as one book? Pretty please…??
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