Thanks to Penny Hancock for
including me in the BLOG TOUR. I met Penny at a literary event in Southwold, disturbingly entitled Slaughter in the Scout Hut, and she was no more than 30 seconds into her talk when I knew I'd buy her book and love it. And I did: TIDELINE is wonderful, a forty-something woman's obsession with a youth gone wrong, a crime chiller for the MILF classes. Check Penny out on her website: www.pennyhancock.com.
So, this Blog Tour is basically a literary pyramid scheme,
except instead of having to send a chocoloate bar or a pair of knickers (anyone
else remember that one?) you simply have to answer some questions on your blog.
So I shall do so, in the hope that someone will still send me a bar of
chocolate…(don’t worry about the knickers. That one always struck me as a bit
odd.)
What are you working on now? My Sister & Other
Liars.
Why do you write what you do? As always with my writing, it is inspired by a real
event. Several years ago I was watching a TV programme about a young girl whose
sister had been attacked, and left brain damaged. The girl was told that the
police had no idea who had attacked her sister and they were closing the
case.
My novel starts at exactly that point,
fictionally working through what a girl in that position would feel and think
and – most importantly – do.
How does your writing differ from others of the genre? I’m hoping it will appeal to
young adults, as well as older readers, as Sam is just sixteen years old when
she receives this devastating news. She decides that, if the police can’t bring
her sister’s attacker to justice, then she will. The story takes place over the
following 2 weeks, culminating on her 17th birthday, which is also the anniversary of
the attack.
How does your writing process work? It takes months. Years. Who’s counting? It’s not a race, and
the reader doesn’t care how long it took, just so long as it’s a damn good
read! I write a first draft in a fever, and then edit by going over and over what I've written, never afraid to cut, always hoping to improve.
I’m attracted to stories that raise my anxiety, those newspaper headlines that
linger long after the paper has been binned. Writing is my way of working
through it.
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