Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Growing up in Finland, I found plenty of time to read during long, dark winters. I sat under a blanket, enraptured by love stories. Today, I have come full circle, and am writing them.
I only started writing romance in 2019 but found it so much fun. More fun than I expected.
Christmas Cookie is my first clean and wholesome romance, but I hope there will be many more under 2020.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Christmas Cookie was inspired by Christmas. I wanted to write a feel-good story in a cozy, but slightly quirky, small-town (think Stars Hollow from Gilmore Girls) with lots of interesting characters.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really, I write on a desktop, in the morning and usually have sparkling water next to me. When I take a moment to think I often take my hair down and put it back up again.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Everything from Jane Austen and Margret Mitchell to Harlequin-books.
What are you working on now?
I just finished a short story to give away to everyone who signs up to my newsletter (which you can do at https://www.subscribepage.com/bellrom). I am also editing book number two in the Bellfrey Romance series which will come out in February.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I think the best method is to keep trying new things, but don’t let it distract from your writing. Awesomegang offers a great opportunity for writers to get their books out there.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write and read and don’t listen to ALL the advice, learn who you can trust by being skeptical of everything.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Time will pass whether you are working towards your goal or not. Five years from now, do you want to be five years closer to your goal?
What are you reading now?
I read varied and out of my genre, so the Witcher books are on my desk at the moment.
What’s next for you as a writer?
The next book, and then the next one, and the one after that…
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?
Tricky question. Maybe an anthology of short stories and some classics, Pride and Prejudice and Gone with the Wind.
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