Gosh! Look at that! I go
away for a few days and look what happens. I get tagged. Well, I'm not one to
snivel at a tag or two, so off we go.
Thank you Dawn Allen for
tagging me in the Platform Building Campaign. So here are my
answers to your questions:
1. Wine or beer? Beer, definitely. And the
warmer the better (I'm a Brit, remember).
2. Mountains or the beach? Weeelll - depends on
the size of the mountain. If it's all leafy and chirpy with furry animals
burrowing about and not steep, then mountains. But I also love walking on the
beach in winter when there's no-one else about, and the rougher the sea the
better.
3. What is your ideal
writing spot? Here, right where I am (LOL - where's that then?)
4. What intrigues you more
developing character or developing plot? Both. I develop quirky
characters very quickly and then need to embed them into a plot (that's how my
stories get born). As my writing progresses the characters will change to fit
circumstances. I do, believe it not, though, have an idea where the story's going
when I start. With my third novel, I know how it starts and I know how it ends
and I know the characters populating it - and also the theme. It's the
bit in the middle that gets me stumped most of the time.
5. Who is your favorite
“beach read” author? The last one that made any impression on me was "Sacred Heart" by Sarah Dunant.
6. What is your favorite
animal? Love, love, love all animals. An otter! (did you ever read
"Ring of Bright Water"?)
7. Do you like music when
you write or silence or something else? Definitely silence. I do
need to listen to music to get inspiration though, but not while I'm writing.
8. What genres do you write? "Perfect Score" was gay literary
and "Hewhay Hall" (to be published in April) is a dark thriller. But
injustice is a theme that runs through all my work.
9. Do you cross genres in
your writing? Yes. There's romance and suspense in Perfect Score, while Hewhay
Hall has paranormal and horror linked in.
10. If the dream agent walked
in one day with the dream deal on your latest novel, how would you react? I'd pick myself up from the
floor, dust myself off, shake his/her hand very strongly and offer him/her a glass or ten of excellent Sercial Madeira wine.
11. You’ve got your book
deal, what’s your personal marketing plan? This is the big one, right?
Then it'd be a personal book tour with lots of signings (attended by a huge
number of buyers) all over the country, TV spots and interviews (talking The
Ellen Show here)...and then I'd wake up.
Revenge is sweet. Here are
the people I'm tagging and their questions:
1. Herbal tea or stiff
drink?
2. What's the best writing
advice you've ever been given?
3. What's your worst
writing habit?
4. When you're not writing,
you're...?
5. What books are you
reading now?
6. What would you eat for
your last supper?
7. What genres do you
write?
8. What's your ultimate
writing goal?
9. If you could meet any
fictional character, who would it be?
10. Which book do you wish
you had written?
11. Which film (movie) has
inspired you most?
I'd prefer a winter beach as well - it's not hot!
ReplyDeleteI'd come stand in line for your signing, Sue!
ReplyDeleteTrue enough Alex, rough sea and cold air. Perfect. Thank you Ute! And I'd do the same for you :-)
ReplyDeleteThe winter is the only time I love the beach too. Great answers!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't really want to live on a steep mountain, either. And nothing above the treeline.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tag! :)
I think a small hill would be more my limit, rather than a mountain :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for tagging me!! I loved this. I'm popping over from the Platform Building Campaign. I look forward to getting to know you and your work. ~Cheers
ReplyDeleteThank you Christine and GE. Sarah, I tend to agree with you. Nice to meet you Christopher :-)
ReplyDelete