The Word Cloud

Information

• Are you a ...?
  Unpublished writer (so far)
  
  What genre do you primarily write in?
  General fiction
  
  Are your reading habits ...?
  Sophisticated
  
  Who is your favourite author(s)?
  Maria V. Snyder, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Kristin Cashore, Melissa Marr, Terry Prachett, Elizabeth Chadwick, Lauren Kate
  And your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)
  Fire, Graceling, The Champion, The Love Knot, Thud, The Lord of the Rings, Jane Eyre, Agnes Grey, A Woman of Substance, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith, Fallen, Persuasion, The Old Curiosity Shop, Theif of Time, The Medici Seal
  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?
  Prefer to let rip and edit afterwards
  
  Your ultimate writing ambition?
  To become a published author. Also, I wouldn't mind doing some freelance travel writing, and journalism.
  Your worst habit?
  Talking to myself while writing. I tend to say the words as I'm writing them. That and staring into space as a thought hits me, and tending to ignore everyone else until the thought has played through.
  Your opinion on the books industry?
  It is a tough game, but everyone does their best
  
  Where do you write?
  Anywhere. No joke.
  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?
  Favourite season is Winter, I love the cold and the glittering frost. There's something seriously mysterious and marvellous about the way the snow falls in drifts, turning everything unrecognisable in a blanket of white.