The Word Cloud

Information

• Are you a ...?
  Published author
  
  What genre do you primarily write in?
  Fiction for children
  
  If you write in more than one area, what is your next most favoured genre?
  Historical fiction
  
  Are your reading habits ...?
  Omnivorous
  
  Who is your favourite author(s)?
  Neil Gaiman, Kazuo Ishiguro, George Macdonald Fraser, William Boyd, Roald Dahl, David Lodge
  And your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)
  The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro Brideshead Revisitied, Evelyn Waugh Holes, Louis Sachar
  What are your working habits when you write?
  Perfectly balanced
  
  Are you the edit-every-sentence-ten-times type, or do you prefer to let rip?
  Some self-editing
  
  Your ultimate writing ambition?
  To be published in both children's and adult fiction
  Your worst habit?
  starting books and not finishing!
  Your opinion on the books industry?
  It is a tough game, but everyone does their best
  
  Where do you write?
  In the library, or in a coffee shop
  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'm an editor for fiction packager Working Partners, creating both children's and adult novels.