Tell our readers a little bit about
yourself.
I’m Lorraine Minx, otherwise known as Lorraine Wilson and I’m really
excited to be completing my first Minxy spotlight J I’m
the author of the Chalet Girl series and write for Harper Impulse, the new
Harper Collins imprint. I live in Wiltshire with my husband and three mad
terriers.
What number book is this? First?
100th? 200th?(Nora only!) ‘Secrets of a Chalet Girl’, out today, is my second book but I’m
currently working on my fourth, something I find hard to compute!
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?
Deadlines – the fear of not making them is a helpful factor!
What is your top promo tip for other
authors? Try and
find readers and reading groups on Facebook and Twitter rather than just
connecting with other writers. I’ve made some really nice connections with
readers on Facebook who I’d never otherwise have ‘met’.
How does writing fit into your day?
Or does your day fit in around your writing? Suffering from chronic pain and fatigue, and the
cognitive problems with my brain injury means I can only write when I’m well
enough. I have to pace rigorously and prioritise all my good health energy for
writing.
In what way is being a published
writer different to how you thought it would be? I thought the angsting would stop
once I got the call but I didn’t realise you just get a different set of
worries – Will readers like my book? Can I write another book they’ll like? How
much promo should I be doing? etc.
What was the most fun part of writing
this book? The
research. I was lucky enough to be writing this book while staying in
Switzerland and did a lot of field trip research!
Just for fun: a year from the end of
the book, where would your couple go on holiday? I see them in a campervan, touring
Europe and generally having fun.
Could you be friends with any of your
heroines? Yes, all
of them. I don’t think I could write a heroine I didn’t like.
Do you have any tips, tricks or
sacrificial rituals you do when you hit a story roadblock? Either Skype the other Minxes or
invite fellow Harper Impulse author Charlotte Phillips over for a coffee. I
find brainstorming with other writers always works.
‘Secrets
of a Chalet Girl’ is the follow-up novella to ‘Confessions of a Chalet Girl’ and is published TODAY.
The Chalet Girl series is set in Verbier, the winter playground of the rich and
famous and home to the seasonnaire-set. A sexy game of truth or dare leads to
secrets being revealed. Can Chalet Girl Flora trust Swiss snowboarder Zac or
does he have secrets of his own?
"Playful, hot and made me smile...I couldn't put it down." 5 *
review Sienna Logan, Lost to Books.
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