My writing process blog tour!! :D

Hello :)

I have to begin by thanking Ellie Irving for inviting me to the blog tour :D It turns out that Ellie grew up in the same area as me. Small world as the saying goes! :) You can find out about Ellie & her work here; www.ellieirving.com

Now, although my last post was on the negative side, this one is all about writing...and that's the part I LOVE ❤ the most :-D

Also, even though I tried to find 3 others to pass this over to, everyone was already involved or had already posted...which proves how popular a blog tour it is. Visit 2 new friends of mine, Lauriane Povey, here; http://t.co/zt3TD7rHLm who is also posting today and continuing the tour, and the Blondie Camps blog; http://t.co/LgXRrKCYFj - I know she is due to post soon, too :D

Q1 - What am I working on? Okay. I have...6...yes, you read that correctly...6 books currently in different stages. Some new, some nearing completion. Wow O_O 6? Really?
Here's a run down - Amelia Maylock, book 5. Fantasy/ magic for the tween/ teen reader.
Holly Silverstone, book 2. Fantasy/ gothic/ magical for the tween/ teen reader.(Darker than the Amelia Maylock books)
The Long journey to ...? ;) I haven't decided on the title yet. It is the follow on to The Long Journey to Sincerity, my YA dystopian.
A supernatural/ gothic/ YA/ fantasy(Oh, yes, I mix it up!)
A new dystopian.
The Danny Monroe series. Tween/ teen supernatural.

Q2 - How does my work differ from others in the same genre?
As Q1 shows, I do not stick to one genre. I think the best way to answer this, and I know others will have said the same, is that we(authors) put so much of our own personality in our work. I didn't realise until recently that nearly all of my books have a sarcastic or humorous character in them. Even my dystopian YA finds time to lighten the mood with some dry wit ;) Places are based on my own surroundings, as are many situations. I also seem to have a 'thing' for characters wearing masks. They pop up all over the place. I think it is because I believe everyone 'wears' a mask, at some point in their life...trying to be something else, or act a certain way. Ooh, I'm such a sneaky writer! ;)

Q3 - Why do I write what I do?
This is difficult to answer. Why do I write about magic, different realms, dimensions, creatures...science fiction and all the rest. Break these stories down...to the absolute base level and you'll find the strongest theme is self belief, overcoming the dangerous/ terrifying etc situations that the characters face...believing in yourself, and good or truth winning out. Also, I believe there are many parts to life that can't be explained. Never let your light go out. There's a good reason that is one of my quotes on Goodreads :)

Q4 - How does my writing process work?
I mentioned this recently in a YouTube video here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJilWzqSMNw&list=UUmkp6YYM5yVMeiwxD7N460A
The ideas pour out sometimes. There might not even be a story yet the words are there :) Some ideas shout louder than others. As you can imagine from my previous answers, I have a lot of scribbled notes, notebooks, files saved and so on. Today, hopefully, I will have a new piece typed up that will be a raw, unedited mass of words. If you can, and I do very often, set a goal of an absolutely ridiculous word count for one day in the week. I'm talking 5,000+. Then, just go for it :D

Okay, thanks for reading :D