Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve been a English teacher, editor and translator for many years, always telling myself along that way that I’d like to write books, too. Finally, I actually did it! To date, I’ve written four books, three fiction and one non-fiction.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Stockholm Diaries, Caroline is my latest book, and it’s the first in my Stockholm Diaries series about North American women who come to Sweden and find love. I’m married to a Swedish man, and though we met in California, we’ve lived in Sweden twice. Both times, I met wonderful North American women, all with their own interesting stories of finding love. So I guess you could say that the series is a tribute to all of them.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not at all. In fact, it’s just the opposite–I have extremely regular writing habits! I write a minimum of 500 new words on a book or short story every morning, no matter what. That’s in addition to any editing, articles or anything else.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Though I’m a romance writer, my favorite books all fall under the literary fiction category! But I love to read romance, too–Lisa Kleypas’s Sugar Daddy is a current favorite!
What are you working on now?
I’m working on a short story that will fit between my two Stockholm Diaries, Caroline novels. Both novels are told from Caroline’s perspective, but the short story, Stockholm Diaries, Niklas in Italy, will be told from Niklas’s perspective.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Hmmm… jury is still out!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Persistance!!!!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Again, persistance. And Nora Robert’s best writing advice: “Butt in chair.”
What are you reading now?
JR Ward’s lover eternal. Let me tell you–I never thought I’d read a vampire romance, but this book came on recommendation, and it’s certainly engaging.
What’s next for you as a writer?
More books, of course! I’m writing more Stockholm Diaries books as well as a non fiction project called The Romance Writer’s Primer: An English Teacher’s Guide to Better Writing Through Reading. If that doesn’t keep me busy enough, I’m thinking about another surfing romance series!
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?
Romance. All romance:)
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