Sunday 29 April 2012

AUTHOR INTERVIEW BY SUE PALMER

Writer, Reviewer and Book Junky, SUE PALMER, has put the following interview with me up on her Book Review Site:

WHAT INFLUENCED YOU TO WRITE IN THE BEGINNING?

I've always written, even when I was a child. I don't know why, it's just something I have to do.I love words and putting them together and I enjoy creating characters and situations. It's a way of harnessing an over-active imagination, I suppose.

WHERE DID YOU GET THE IDEA FOR YOUR BOOK?

DON'T LOOK DOWN is set in Nuremberg, Germany. I have friends there and have been there many times and love Nuremberg. I wanted to write a

thriller/crime novel and the idea of setting it there, in winter, came to me after a visit to my friends one snowy February. Nuremberg, and Bavaria generally, were so beautiful in the snow, I had to describe it and I had to build a story around my descriptions. Some of the characters are loosely inspired by friends and acquaintances there, but certainly not based on them. It was a combination of sights, sounds andinfluences built up over years of visits, plus a great love for the place and the people, that made me want to use Nuremberg as a setting. I wanted to use the idea of two women who had known each other since they were girls but story evolved as it went along.

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER – THE MOST FUN FOR YOU TO WRITE?

I think the character Clara was the most fun to write...
Read on

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Many thanks to Sue for giving me this opportunity!

Sue Palmer helps run the Book Junkies
Facebook Group and Review Page.

Monday 23 April 2012

Flash 500 Humourous Verse Comp

Thanks to Lorraine Mace, I've recently been appointed as a guest judge for the Flash 500 Humour Verse Competition.

I'm looking forward to reading some great pieces!

My own collection of quirky poetry, WASPS & SCORPIONS: Luv Pomes and Other Lies, is available from Amazon.

Lorraine also writes dark thrillers as Frances de Plino. Check out her latest book Bad Moon Rising


Tuesday 17 April 2012

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