Teacher, single mother, all-time survivor, author, world traveler, your basic standard global citizen who loves to write. I'm currently living in Tanzania and am the author of the self-help book Fear, Phobias and Frozen Feet, as well as the novels Stop the world, I need to pee! The Case of Billy B; Not Telling and Defective.
Could you tell us a little bit about
yourself?
I'm a
single mother of three children, born in the beautiful city of Cape Town South
Africa. I studied teaching and have
taught in international schools in ten different countries, so my children are global
citizens, each one with a different accent.
Currently, I'm teaching in Tanzania at the foot of Kilimanjaro. I started writing when I was living in New
Zealand after a bout with breast cancer; it motivated me to follow my dream and
do something I'd always wanted to do from a young age - write a book. Ideally, I'd like to write full time, live in
a cottage by the sea and play lawn bowls every Wednesday. However, children are costly items and until
they've finished school and university, I have to continue teaching.
Describe your book ‘The Case of
Billy B’ in 30 words or less.
Billy B was
inspired by a story a friend told me and the events in the book actually
happened. A single father forced to
raise his son encounters unthinkable difficulties.
What was the hardest part of writing
your book?
The hardest
part was that it was set in the US and I've never been there, so that was a
challenge.
What books have had the greatest
influence on you?
It's hard
to say as I've always been an avid reader.
I've read all kinds of books and generally like ones that say what they
need to say and aren't too flowery. I
hate books where they spend two pages describing the crack in the wall next to
the door. Just get on with the story, I
want to be entertained.
Briefly share with us what you do to
market your book?
I use
Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin the usual; have a website, a blog and use
Freado. I also write for Hubpages.com
and have quite a following there.
How do you spend your time when you
are not writing?
Traveling. I love to travel and explore new places.
What are you working on next?
I'm busy
with two books at the moment. A
self-help with a liberal dash of humour called How to say no to sex and other
survival tips for the suddenly single and Redesigning yourself for the
multitasking generation - a book I'm co-writing with world-renowned homeopath, Jeremy
Sherr.
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