Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I live with my family in The Chilterns, to the west of London. I’ve been writing for six years, during which time I have published two books; The Unorthodox Arrival of Pumpkin Allan and The Unorthodox Exploits of a Shire of Cards.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Unorthodox Exploits of a Shire of Cards is the second in the Pumpkin Allan Series. It’s set in a very unusual rural hamlet in The Chilterns. Inspired by my intrigue in rural life, fascination with quirky characters and love of the countryside, it has laugh out loud moments as well as some traumatic events.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write in my local Starbucks as a rule… One day I may publish a book called, ‘How Many Chai Tea Lattes Does it Take to Write a Novel?’
It’s an expensive way of doing things, but the atmosphere just seems to work.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Mark Hadden’s A Spot of Bother; James Herriot’s series, All Creatures Great and Small; Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons; Notwithstanding, by Louis de Bernieres; The Best a Man Can Get, by John O’Farrell; The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion and A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman. What do all these books have in common? They make me laugh out loud and make me cry!
What are you working on now?
I am currently working on a third book in The Pumpkin Allan Series.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Free kindle promotions combined with using sites such as Awesomegang!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
My aim is to have as many readers as possible for my books; hence the free promotions. Knowing people are reading them and getting good feedback are great motivators for writing more.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.” ― Maya Angelou
What are you reading now?
The Trouble With Goats and Sheep, by Joanna Cannon.
What’s next for you as a writer?
My next step is dependent on the success of The Pumpkin Allan Series… if readers want more, there’s plenty more 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?
A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
Whit by Ian Banks
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
It Shouldn’t have happened to a Vet by James Herriot
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