The Word Cloud

Information

• Are you a ...?
  Unpublished writer (so far)
  
  What genre do you primarily write in?
  Historical fiction
  
  If you write in more than one area, what is your next most favoured genre?
  Comedy
  
  Are your reading habits ...?
  Omnivorous
  
  Who is your favourite author(s)?
  Tolkein.Michael Creighton, Ben Elton
  And your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)
  Lord of the Rings, Pride and Prejudice, Hitchhikers Guide to he Galaxy,Rebecca, Brideshead Revisited
  What are your working habits when you write?
  Disciplined
  
  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 be able to write as a living, I guess. I am happiest when I am either with my family or writing in some form.
  Your worst habit?
  Going off track when I am researching.
  Your opinion on the books industry?
  Too much celebrity and hype, but good books still get through
  
  Where do you write?
  Looking out over a lake on my sofa.
  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?
  Living in Australia at the moment. Been here 5 years, although only contracted for one. I miss England, my kids, the seasons and Maks and Spencer.