The Word Cloud

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• Are you a ...?
  Published author
  
  What genre do you primarily write in?
  Short fiction
  
  If you write in more than one area, what is your next most favoured genre?
  Literary fiction
  
  Are your reading habits ...?
  Sophisticated
  
  Who is your favourite author(s)?
  Raymond Carver, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, Rose Tremain
  And your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)
  The Road Home, Jane Eyre, Anything/Everything by Raymond Carver
  What are your working habits when you write?
  Procastinatory
  
  Are you the edit-every-sentence-ten-times type, or do you prefer to let rip?
  Who needs editing? I am perfect already
  
  Your opinion on the books industry?
  Too much celebrity and hype, but good books still get through
  
  Where do you write?
  In my head mostly
  What else do you want Word Clouders to know? eg: do you have 9 cats / like paragliding / eat nothing but tinned fish / work in the bath / live in Kettering?
  I am a freelance editor, and currently Vice Chair of the Society of Women Writers & Journalists. I also teach creative writing.