Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Before writing The Village Green I had never written more than a letter, contenting myself with drawing and painting. But my main character, Kelsey, came to me in what I can only call a vision and I had to tell her tale. After many hours in coffee shops and libraries writing and rewriting, the book was finally finished, that is until the edits began.
When I’m not writing you can find reading, teaching my four children, or visiting some new place. My family and I are traveling across the country full-time and learning to get along with six people in a 35ft trailer.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My first, and only book, The Village Green, was published in October 2014. I was inspired to write the story by current events in which special interest groups use political power to control people’s lives.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t know that they are unusual, but I have to write in near total silence, something I never get with my children around, so I always have something with me to write on or with. I might be writing a short story in the laundromat, or a novel in the library, or anywhere I can be alone.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, 1984, Animal Farm, That Hideous Strength
What are you working on now?
I am writing the prequel to The Village Green.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am very new to self-promotion, and it doesn’t come easy. The method I’ve most used so far is book reviews by popular book bloggers.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t expect anything in particular. I read over and over again how it could take years to get published, and I believe that might very well be true, but I was lucky enough to be published only a month after submitting my book. Now it wasn’t the first, second, or even third try, but it did happen. You just never know who will like your book. So don’t get discouraged.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Just submit it already!” quoth my husband.
What are you reading now?
M.C. Beaton, the Agatha Raisin Mystery Series.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Continuing to write.
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 Bible, Brave New World, The Great Divorce
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