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Meet Anna Faversham--February's Indie author of the month!
It's February. And for my, "Meet the author" series, I'd like to introduce you to Indie author, Anna Faversham, a very entertaining writer. I hope you get to know her. I'm sure she'll be added to quite a few favorite-author lists:
1. First, I think everyone would like to know a little about you, Anna. Who are you? Do you have any hobbies?
A. Who am I? I sometimes wonder that myself. I have lived long enough to have been a groovy (sorry Groovy) teenager enjoying lots of live music. I’m a college graduate having studied Business Studies (English law, and other highly exciting subjects – actually I really enjoyed law). Then with jobs that included travel from the UK to the US, and living abroad in NZ, where I learnt such a lot from super people. I then lived in central Africa for four years. In Africa I spent four years on a bush mission – with a school, hospital, leprosarium, farm and other similar facilities. All of these things shaped ‘who I am’ enormously. Bits of who I am seep out into my writing – but I’m not telling which bits are ‘me’ and which are totally invented. Oh maybe I’ll just say that Martha’s invented words are rooted in my own invention of words or use of long-lost ones. I sometimes catch myself saying, ‘oh flumpleducks’, or something similar.
Hobbies? I don’t have time for hobbies. All my ‘spare’ time gets added on to my ring-fenced writing time.
2. Where did your love for writing come from?
A. At school I always enjoyed what they called ‘composition’ from a very young age. I remember being given the task of writing a story about a fly on a rubbish tip. I was eight. I set to with great gusto.
Mostly I think it comes from a love of reading. I was known for always having my head in a book. Sad to say, I rarely get time now. Too busy writing!
3. When did you decide to become a serious author?
A. I’ve always had stories going around in my head and finally one burst out when I saw an article in my newspaper on how to write a novel in a year. I was working full time so it took seven years to complete mine. No traditional publisher would wait that long. I loved my job and didn’t want to give it up. Fortunately Amazon and self-publishing were under way. I joined in. Now I only work part-time and write every spare moment.
4. What genre(s) do you write?
A. My first published book is a Time Travel Romance.
My next three are historical with romances running through as well as action, adventure, suspense, mystery – or so my reviewers have commented.
5. How many books have you written? What are their titles?
A. The first to be published (but written second) is called Hide in Time and has reached #1 in Amazon’s Books>Romance>Time Travel chart.
The second is called One Dark Night and is the first book in a series.
The third book is called Under a Dark Star (second book in the series).
The fourth book I’ve written is about to be published (February 2018 I hope) and you are the very first to know that it will be called One Dark Soul.
6. How do you choose your characters’ names?
A. Hmm... Um... Er... with difficulty. I don’t want to upset a real person by having a nasty character with their name. With billions of people in the world, that can be difficult.
7. If you could go back in time and give your younger self some advice on the journey of being an author, what would you tell her?
A. Don’t waste valuable time – ever. Put it to good use. Time runs out sooner than you may think.
8. What famous author(s) have inspired you?
A. I love Charles Dickens (he used to live near me – more than a century apart, of course). His characters, his plots, his themes – all have inspired me.
9. If you could visit a favorite book of yours and hang out with the characters, what book would it be? And why?
A. One Dark Night because I’d like to be around Daniel. I had intended to kill him off but gradually fell in love with him. I like his dog too...
But if I really had to stay in the book for the rest of my life, I’d choose Hide in Time and be Laura because despite her heartache and scary adventures, everything comes right for her and she finds true love with a super guy who has a nice lifestyle and finds time to help endangered marine life. A real hero.
10. I know you’re working on a series. Would you like to tell us about it?
A. Ooh... thank you! I’ve just finished the third book (One Dark Soul) and cried over the last chapters. Ouch, it’s so sad... yet all ends well. Er... well, most are now older and wiser.
The series is called The Dark Moon Trilogy – and here again, Groovy, you have the scoop, I’m going to rename it The Dark Moon Series because I might write a fourth book in the series, one day.
The first book is set in 1821 and Lucy is snatched away from a comfortable life and has to work on a run-down farm. Smuggling is rife in that part of the country (south-east England) but she is innocent of any involvement. Two men vie for her attention: the blond, blue-eyed, yummy smuggler and the upright vengeance-driven hero determined to capture and kill all smugglers yet he’s a fine man and I’m liking him more as time goes by. He’s finally learnt the art of wooing a girl.
The second book is set on the Isle of Wight (an island off the south coast of England) where conditions are even worse and the evil Tridd runs the gangs. Some of the incidents in the book are, like all my books, based on real life – the winning of a girl in a game of cards, for instance.
The third book is about to be published and is set in 1825, still with the same characters who seem to always find themselves in some sort of a mess. Lucy is happily married and everything in her life is wonderful. Yet slowly, as the pages turn, the reader should become aware that something is not quite right. Someone is moving in to her life and he doesn’t have her best interests at heart. Why?
11. Is there something you’d like to tell the readers out there?
I’d like to thank anyone who has read this far down in my interview. I’d also like to thank anyone who has bought my books and I sincerely hope that you will enjoy the characters, the plot, the words, and the themes. And I’d like to thank those splendiferous people who’ve left good reviews – little works of art in their own right.
My thanks also to Groovy for asking me and for setting me some thought-provoking questions.
Thank-you so much, Anna. I’m excited about your new work. Where can the reading public reach you?
A. The only places are through my neglected website www.annafaversham.com where you can contact me direct or through Goodreads
www.goodreads.com where you can leave a message. I’ll be happy to answer any further questions if you do.
If you want to be advised of when new books are available, you can go to my Amazon page:
https://www.amazon.com/Anna-Faversham... and ‘follow’ me by clicking the box near my mugshot.
1. First, I think everyone would like to know a little about you, Anna. Who are you? Do you have any hobbies?
A. Who am I? I sometimes wonder that myself. I have lived long enough to have been a groovy (sorry Groovy) teenager enjoying lots of live music. I’m a college graduate having studied Business Studies (English law, and other highly exciting subjects – actually I really enjoyed law). Then with jobs that included travel from the UK to the US, and living abroad in NZ, where I learnt such a lot from super people. I then lived in central Africa for four years. In Africa I spent four years on a bush mission – with a school, hospital, leprosarium, farm and other similar facilities. All of these things shaped ‘who I am’ enormously. Bits of who I am seep out into my writing – but I’m not telling which bits are ‘me’ and which are totally invented. Oh maybe I’ll just say that Martha’s invented words are rooted in my own invention of words or use of long-lost ones. I sometimes catch myself saying, ‘oh flumpleducks’, or something similar.
Hobbies? I don’t have time for hobbies. All my ‘spare’ time gets added on to my ring-fenced writing time.
2. Where did your love for writing come from?
A. At school I always enjoyed what they called ‘composition’ from a very young age. I remember being given the task of writing a story about a fly on a rubbish tip. I was eight. I set to with great gusto.
Mostly I think it comes from a love of reading. I was known for always having my head in a book. Sad to say, I rarely get time now. Too busy writing!
3. When did you decide to become a serious author?
A. I’ve always had stories going around in my head and finally one burst out when I saw an article in my newspaper on how to write a novel in a year. I was working full time so it took seven years to complete mine. No traditional publisher would wait that long. I loved my job and didn’t want to give it up. Fortunately Amazon and self-publishing were under way. I joined in. Now I only work part-time and write every spare moment.
4. What genre(s) do you write?
A. My first published book is a Time Travel Romance.
My next three are historical with romances running through as well as action, adventure, suspense, mystery – or so my reviewers have commented.
5. How many books have you written? What are their titles?
A. The first to be published (but written second) is called Hide in Time and has reached #1 in Amazon’s Books>Romance>Time Travel chart.
The second is called One Dark Night and is the first book in a series.
The third book is called Under a Dark Star (second book in the series).
The fourth book I’ve written is about to be published (February 2018 I hope) and you are the very first to know that it will be called One Dark Soul.
6. How do you choose your characters’ names?
A. Hmm... Um... Er... with difficulty. I don’t want to upset a real person by having a nasty character with their name. With billions of people in the world, that can be difficult.
7. If you could go back in time and give your younger self some advice on the journey of being an author, what would you tell her?
A. Don’t waste valuable time – ever. Put it to good use. Time runs out sooner than you may think.
8. What famous author(s) have inspired you?
A. I love Charles Dickens (he used to live near me – more than a century apart, of course). His characters, his plots, his themes – all have inspired me.
9. If you could visit a favorite book of yours and hang out with the characters, what book would it be? And why?
A. One Dark Night because I’d like to be around Daniel. I had intended to kill him off but gradually fell in love with him. I like his dog too...
But if I really had to stay in the book for the rest of my life, I’d choose Hide in Time and be Laura because despite her heartache and scary adventures, everything comes right for her and she finds true love with a super guy who has a nice lifestyle and finds time to help endangered marine life. A real hero.
10. I know you’re working on a series. Would you like to tell us about it?
A. Ooh... thank you! I’ve just finished the third book (One Dark Soul) and cried over the last chapters. Ouch, it’s so sad... yet all ends well. Er... well, most are now older and wiser.
The series is called The Dark Moon Trilogy – and here again, Groovy, you have the scoop, I’m going to rename it The Dark Moon Series because I might write a fourth book in the series, one day.
The first book is set in 1821 and Lucy is snatched away from a comfortable life and has to work on a run-down farm. Smuggling is rife in that part of the country (south-east England) but she is innocent of any involvement. Two men vie for her attention: the blond, blue-eyed, yummy smuggler and the upright vengeance-driven hero determined to capture and kill all smugglers yet he’s a fine man and I’m liking him more as time goes by. He’s finally learnt the art of wooing a girl.
The second book is set on the Isle of Wight (an island off the south coast of England) where conditions are even worse and the evil Tridd runs the gangs. Some of the incidents in the book are, like all my books, based on real life – the winning of a girl in a game of cards, for instance.
The third book is about to be published and is set in 1825, still with the same characters who seem to always find themselves in some sort of a mess. Lucy is happily married and everything in her life is wonderful. Yet slowly, as the pages turn, the reader should become aware that something is not quite right. Someone is moving in to her life and he doesn’t have her best interests at heart. Why?
11. Is there something you’d like to tell the readers out there?
I’d like to thank anyone who has read this far down in my interview. I’d also like to thank anyone who has bought my books and I sincerely hope that you will enjoy the characters, the plot, the words, and the themes. And I’d like to thank those splendiferous people who’ve left good reviews – little works of art in their own right.
My thanks also to Groovy for asking me and for setting me some thought-provoking questions.
Thank-you so much, Anna. I’m excited about your new work. Where can the reading public reach you?
A. The only places are through my neglected website www.annafaversham.com where you can contact me direct or through Goodreads
www.goodreads.com where you can leave a message. I’ll be happy to answer any further questions if you do.
If you want to be advised of when new books are available, you can go to my Amazon page:
https://www.amazon.com/Anna-Faversham... and ‘follow’ me by clicking the box near my mugshot.
