The Author Hotline
is
being developed by CW4K, or Creative Writing 4 Kids. They are the company behind a website that enables children to create and publish their own stories online. In its first year it has signed up over 2000 members and has been enthusiastically received by children, parents and teachers. In fact the response has been so encouraging that they are planning a huge expansion of its services. Embedding The Author Hotline into the site is part of that expansion...
For more information on CW4K CLICK HERE
Q: What were you like at school?
I worked hard and get involved in classes but I was a bit of a rebel! I tend to not play by the rules but stick in between the lines.
Q: What did you want to be when you were a child?
A food buyer
Q: Which three words describe you best?
Excitable. Happy. Kind.
Q: What is your favourite word?
flip
Q: What makes you cringe?
liver and onions!
Q: What are you afraid of?
I am not great with spiders.
Q: When did you last have a really good laugh?
Yesterday when I was really brave about publicising my book!
Q: What is your most treasured possession?
My wedding ring.
Q: What do you do as a hobby?
swim and talk to the angels
Q: What’s your favourite food?
Chocolate crispie cakes and yorkshire puddings, not at the same time but one after the other!
Q: What do you day dream about?
World happiness and warming up the world
Q: Do you feel younger or older than your current age?
Younger
Q: If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be?
Barry Manilow and my grandmothers who died in 2008
Q: What quality do you most admire in a person?
Kindness
Q: What is the most interesting place you have ever visited?
Hong Kong
Q: What is the best advice anyone has ever given you?
Be yourself - thats the best that you can do
Q: What would you most like to change about yourself?
a smaller stomach!
Q: What has life taught you?
That you have to give it your all and never be fearful of going for your dreams
Q: How long have you been a writer?
12 months
Q: Was there a specific moment in your life when you decide to become a writer?
Yes when I connected with the universe during a massage and was told to write
Q: What are the best and worst things about being an author?
Best - the writing Worst - the waiting
Q: Where do you get your greatest ideas from?
Silence
Q: What do you do to combat “writers’ block”?
Go and do something else
Q: What advice would you give to aspiring authors?
Follow your heart, be brave and write because you love it