Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve written six novels. Two are published, the rest are self-published. I write women’s psychological literary fiction, some light and some dark.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Willow Weeps.
Visits to local prisons! One is operating as a category B prison, the other is an ancient prison operating as a visitor attraction.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write every day, all year round.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Lots! Daphne du Maurier, Maggie O Farrell, Stephen King and poets too – like Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. I studied literature at uni which introduced me to the good, bad and the ugly!
What are you working on now?
Promoting my next book which comes out next month and working on another novel.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am still finding out!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’ try to do everything yourself – outsource the marketing, advertising if you haven’t got the skills else you will waste valuable time and money when you could be writing.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Live well. Laugh often. Never drink bad wine.
What are you reading now?
My Lover’s Lover by Maggie O’Farrell and Sisters by Daisy Johnson.
What’s next for you as a writer?
more books, more of a profile, more readers.
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?
Rebecca, Push, Birthday Letters.
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