Welcome Mandy, it's great to have you here on the minx blog today!
Tell our readers a little
bit about yourself.
I’m a writer of
contemporary romantic fiction. I have five self-published titles, two books
with Sapphire Star Publishing and currently write for Harper Impulse, the brand
new romance imprint from Harper Collins. I love Twitter, country music, mashed
potato and white wine! I live in Wiltshire, UK with my husband (Mr Big), two
daughters and two cats (Kravitz and Springsteen).
What number book is this?
First? 100th? 200th?(Nora only!)
Do You Remember? is my
eighth title and my first with Harper Impulse.
Everyone who writes knows
it's not easy - what methods do you use to keep at it on days when it would be
so much easier to go shoe shopping?
LOL! You can shoe shop online
now you know...or handbag shop! I just try to keep writing. If you only write
one sentence on a bad day at least it’s progress. I don’t have any great tips,
just keep going!
What is your top promo tip
for other authors?
Don’t be afraid to use
social media to build relationships and sell books. In 2012 I won the
Innovation in Romantic Fiction award at the UK’s Festival of Romance. This was
for my use of topical popular culture and innovation in author marketing. Jump
on Twitter trends and tailor them to your book. I got a lot out of ‘More style
than #Gangnam’ and even got retweeted by PSY himself!
How does writing fit into
your day? Or does your day fit in around your writing?
I have two young daughters
(8 and 6) so I am a school-run mum! Once I’ve dropped the children off it’s back home for work. This doesn’t always
just involve writing though. As all authors will tell you there is a lot more
to it than that. There are interview to do, articles to write and tweets to set
up. As well as chatting on Facebook and discussing what happened in Luther etc.
I am very lucky to be a full-time writer now though and I couldn’t do that
without the support of my lovely Mr Big.
Is there a book you
haven't written yet that you're dying to? What genre?
YES! There is this one
book idea that keeps springing up, usually when I’m in the middle of writing
another one. It’s erotic fiction...Lady Baggot doesn’t really do erotic but
this idea lends itself to something racier. I have a couple of other books to
attend to before this one. It does shout out at me though so watch this space!
Keeping fit: Do you have
an exercise regime to counterbalance all those hours sitting at a computer?
I did have a brilliant
routine. I would Zumba and Boxercise three times a week at home. But I got a
really bad virus back in December 2012 that seemed to last for months and left
me feeling really tired for a long time. Since then I’ve done nothing. It’s my
plan to get back into this after the summer holidays.
What was the most fun part
of writing this book?
The best bit about writing
Do You Remember? was the flashback
element to it. I hadn’t attempted anything like this before but I thought it
was really important to tell both sides of the story and let the readers see
for themselves why and how all these situations in the book arose. I’ve had
nothing but compliments about the two eras of the story so I’m pleased it
worked!
Have you ever written a
hero you'd be happy to run off with?
One?! I’d gladly run off
with them all! Just don’t tell Mr Big!
Do you write to music, or with the tv on in the background, or do you need complete silence?
Do you write to music, or with the tv on in the background, or do you need complete silence?
Most of the time I need
complete silence to get into the heads of my characters. A couple of books I’ve
written have had playlists to accompany them though and these songs were songs
I listened to when I was writing the books. The book I’m working on now, Made
in Nashville, has a playlist going on!
B Tell us about your book, Do You
Remember?
First Love. First Loss. Last chance?
2005 was the most traumatic year of Emma Barron’s life. It was the
year her mother died and the year she met Guy Duval. Eight years on, she’s an
English teacher with a doting boyfriend and a young son. Life’s been hard but
now it’s comfortable. She’s settled and content…so why would she risk it all
for another chance with the man that broke her heart?
Guy’s an international renowned footballer newly signed to a top
UK team. But behind the confident facade is a man determined to drown the
horrors from his childhood with fame, success and money.
Unable to confide in her best friend, Ally, Emma tries to hold her
life together as her heart is pulled apart. Did she turn her back on love too
soon?
Neither of them know what really happened on 5 September 2005 and
as events are slowly revealed can anyone cope with the truth?
L Links to buy Mandy's book:
Buy Do You Remember? – Amazon UK http://ow.ly/nR10M
Buy Do You Remember? – Amazon US http://ow.ly/nR1ho
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mandybaggot
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mandy.baggot
6 comments:
Thank you so much for having me Minxes! Such great questions!
Mandy :)
I think Lady Baggot needs to write that erotc, lol!
Lots of luck with the book Mandy, it sounds terrific and HarperImpulse certainly seem to be going places. xx
This was a super interesting interview. Congratulations on your fabulous success Mandy - all down to your amazing talent and hard work. I think you should write the steamy one - as you sure know how to write a love scene!! #justsayin #nathanregan #phew
Love Janice xx
Great interview Mandy and the Minxes. I love 'Do you Remember' as you know :-) I am looking forward to reading your other books in the near future :-)
Best wishes with your book, Mandy! Can't wait for you to write that spicy one, too! :-)
Kalliope Bell
Lovely post, Mandy! And wow, eight books!
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