Where do I get my ideas?  An active imagination and my own life experience.  I have to confess that I'm still waiting on a billionaire to whisk me away on his private jet but that doesn't stop me dreaming!  I had an imaginary friend as a child and adored fairy tales. I also have a keen interest in what makes people tick and believe that the good and bad times of even the most ordinary life give a writer the fuel to portray realistic emotions. 

I've always been an avid romance reader. When I get hold of a book by a favourite author, I will stay up all night if need be to finish it. In the same way, I often hear the dawn chorus while I'm still working. If the story is at an emotional high point, I don't want to leave it but usually I aim at being in bed before 2 am. I have a gym at home and exercise to keep my adrenalin flowing. I often skip lunch and I drink a lot of coffee.   

Sometimes I'm so buried in my current book, my kids see my lips moving as I'm working out dialogue. My characters are so real to me they walk around inside my head which means that my kids have also learned to repeat things several times over. It's like living between two worlds and often, the world of my book has the more powerful hold on me. I keep an alarm clock on top of my computer because once to my great shame, I totally forgot to pick my children up from school. Knowing what I'm like, they laughed and forgave me but as any mothers reading this will understand, I  was horrified.       
  
The most satisfaction I get out of writing is hearing that a reader enjoyed my book. Happy readers also inspire me. The biggest thrill I get is seeing one of my books for sale in a shop or online