Recently I had the honour of receiving one of my first blogger reviews, and it was SO awesome and I was SO thrilled and thankful she enjoyed my book and had such deep thoughts on it. Blogger reviews really are the holy grail of reviews!
Today, I’m so excited to be this blogger’s first author to do an Author Q&A!
People often ask me about the origins of my tales — particularly as I was always writing topics seemingly far removed from my own maturity and life experiences!
But perhaps they are all parts of lives lived before.
I can’t explain what happened in my past to bring my characters to live inside of me, but I try to sound eloquent about it.
Today we are officially 6 weeks away from the launch of Book 2 of my Hart & Cole series!
I wish I could release it NOW, but I know I need to be thorough with my editing — plus, I also need to be patient and have an actual marketing plan this time around! LOL.
First on this plan is putting it up for pre-order, which I just did today.
It’s a little scary to commit to a date when you know you’re still FRICKING EDITING THE DAMN THING, but I did it!
Jan 22nd is my birthday — so publishing Book 2 will be my birthday gift to myself.
I started writing Darren’s and Luisa’s story (Book 2 & Book 3) at least 12 or 13 years ago, and finally finished writing the first draft in 2016 after my beta reader friend read the first half and SCREAMED at me to finish it!
…And I have just been sitting on the damn thing ever since.
Now, it’s almost time to release it to the world.
I’ve spent the last 5-6 months learning from my own mistakes, learning from others, and absorbing all the info I possibly can from the amazing network of fellow Indie writers.
And I’m ready this time. I’m ready for Darren & Luisa to meet you all. ??
I’ve lived in the UK, travelled throughout Europe and the Caribbean (with SO many locations on my “to go” list!), and now operate my business (Writing, Editing, Print & Web Design Services) for both local and international clients.
Beyond my professional skills, I WRITE. IT’S WHAT I DO.
For me, writing is an identity. A writer is just as distinct as a sexuality; a gender; a religion; a nationality. Writing is a state of being.
My first published novel “Climbing The Walls” is part 1 of my Hart & Cole Book series — Parts 2 & 3 are already written, I’m halfway through Part 4, and Part 5 has its seeds in my mind already! So WATCH THIS SPACE.
For me, writing is my journey into myself, to pull something out — something I’ve created; something no one else can create, ever. If it one day it becomes a key source of income, I’ll be thrilled — but not just for the money; but because it means I’ve shared my characters with a wide audience.
