A Perfect Discovery by Margaret Amatt
A Perfect Discovery was published in August and I’m on tour with Rachel’s Random Resources to celebrate this book. If you are on Kindle Unlimited, it is free to read! I hope you enjoy this interview with Margaret Amatt about this book and her writing.
Q. This is book 9 out of a 10 book series. Should you read
the books in order or are they standalone?
A. The books in the series can all be read as standalones. They all tie up the story and have no cliffhangers. The series has recurring characters and if you want to follow their stories in the correct order then it’s best to start at book one.
Q. Will you write more books in the series?
A. I have one further book planned for this series which is
a Christmas book due out in October. After that, I’m saying goodbye to this
series and moving on to a new one.
Q. Where do your ideas come from for your books?
A. I draw inspiration from so many things – places, people,
photographs, other books, TV shows, stories in magazines and social media.
Sometimes the tiniest thing can spark a big idea. The first story in this
series I wrote (that actually became book four) was based on an idea I had when
I travelled to the Scottish islands and got completely lost and had no idea how
big some islands were! It got me thinking what fun it would be to land a
character there and give her a real need to find someone. I made it even worse
for her by sending her on public transport!
Q. What is the hardest and what is the best thing about
writing a series?
A. The best thing is having a world readymade. Once I have
the setup, it’s easy to live there. As the series move on, other characters
already exist in the background and become a natural and familiar backdrop.
The hardest part is letting go! This was initially going to
be a five book series but I kept having more ideas and it quickly became ten.
Now, I’m almost finished this series and it feels sad to leave!
Q. What inspires you to be a writer? What did you do before
you were a writer?
A. I still have a day job as a teacher. I have two days off
each week when I write and I absolutely love it. I’ve written for many years in
one form or another. I have hard drives full of drafts that will probably never
see the light of day but I look on them as good practice. I won a short story
writing competition in 2012 and my winning entry was performed to an audience
which was a really exciting moment for me. Since then, I started to take the
idea much more seriously. I still see writing as something I do for enjoyment
and I want to keep it that way. If my stories bring other people enjoyment too
then I’m extra happy about that.
Q. What are some books you are loving right now?
A. I like a wide variety of books and recently have enjoyed
Kissing Games by Evie Alexander, Coming Home to Cariad Cove by Darcie Boleyn
and Intuitive Editing by Tiffany Yates Martin (because I also love craft
books!)
About the Author:
Margaret is a writer, mummy, wife and chocolate eater (in
any order you care to choose). She lives in highland Perthshire in a little
house close to the woods where she often sees red squirrels, deer and other
such tremendously Scottish wildlife… Though not normally haggises or even men
in kilts!
She has published nine books and written many more. Margaret
won a short story writing competition in 2012 and her winning entry was
performed live to an audience at Pitlochry Festival Theatre as part of their
Winter Words Event. This spring boarded Margaret’s journey from writing for fun
to novel writing – though she still enjoys every minute of it.
Margaret is also a keen amateur photographer, who enjoys
drawing, reading, and talking about books.
Keep in
touch on social media:
https://www.facebook.com/MargaretAmattAuthor
https://www.instagram.com/margaret_amatt_author
https://twitter.com/amattauthor
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