Interview with Author Margaret Blake:
Hi Margaret. Thank you for doing this interview. I would like to welcome you to the Romance at Heart Interview and Author Grilling session. *bg* We are interested to find out as much about you as we possibly can, so lets get started...
- What can we expect from you in the future?
I have two new books out presently and another to be published at the end of October.
The first of these is His Other Wife, a passionate contemporary romance, and then we have a return to my roots with The Substitute Bride which is a romantic historical suspense. My next hardback book is A Poisoned Legacy, a contemporary romantic suspense set in Florida. December sees a new contemporary romance Spanish Lies. Have I been busy? Well yes, I guess I have!
- How do we find out about you and your books?
A good stopping off place is my website at www.margaretblake.co.uk. Also I am at my space www.myspace/authormargaret. Alternatively visit www.halebooks.com for my hardback romantic suspense novels, and www.whiskeycreekpress.com for contemporary and historical romance.
- How may readers contact you?
Readers can contact me through my website, or if they are at myspace they can contact me there.
- Why did you decide to write romance novels?
I started out writing historical romance. These research wise took quite a time to write so in-between I started writing contemporary romance novels. I really enjoyed these as they let me go to exciting places and of course to live in luxurious surroundings. Putting it simply they took me right out of myself – I hope they do the same for my readers.
- How many books have you written and how many have you had published?
I could not count how many novels I have written but those that have been published number twenty two.
- What book for you has been the easiest to write? The hardest? The most fun?
The easiest book for me has to be A Poisoned Legacy which is out at the end of this month. Something happened to me, and I just could not stop writing this book, to say it wrote itself seems like rubbish, but honest that is true. I think my love for Florida helped.
The hardest was my first ever book A Sprig of Broom, an historical romance, it took a long time and a lot of research. The most fun? Well, to be quite honest, no matter how hard the work all my books are fun to write. If I could not write I would not think I was having any fun at all, and that is the truth.
- Have you ever experienced writer’s block…if so how did you work through it?
I had a couple of years of writer’s block, I thought I would never write again and then I met up with another writer called Loren Teague, in New Zealand, and Loren encouraged and inspired me to start writing again. I do intermittently suffer from writer’s block, but only for a day or so, and I guess everyone has their time when the muse is AWOL.
- If you weren’t writing what would you be doing?
I wonder if this means job wise...
I guess I would be lecturing or something, but if I am not writing and have time to spare, then I am out in the hills walking with my friends. That is what I love to do.
- What do you do to relax and recharge your batteries?
I love to travel – especially to visit Florida where my son and his family live. I also like to walk in the hills or just go take a walk to the shore near my home. I find the lovely views and the sound of the sea are very relaxing.
Thank you very much for taking the time with us and answering our questions. I really appreciate this interruption to your busy schedule. Good Luck, and we will be looking forward to the next delightful creation from your talented imagination!
Yours in good reading,
Rose!
Website Email MySpace Page
Buy Magaret's Books At Amazon
Buy Margaret's Books at Whiskey Creek Press
Buy Margaret's Books at Robert Hale Limited
