An Interview With Shelley Wilson About My Newly Released Edition of Mystical Circles

On 6th September 2017 on the sixth day of my Mystical Circles blog tour,[image error] author and blogger Shelley Wilson published an interview with me on her blog Shelley Wilson Author.

This is the sixth in a series of blog posts in which I re-publish the articles in that blog tour.

So here’s the interview Shelley first published on her blog on 6th September.

The Fun Stuff:

What part of the world do you come from?

I was born and brought up in Orpington, Kent, a commuter town in the London Borough of Bromley. Charing Cross is only half an hour’s train journey from Orpington so from a young age I spent a lot of time in London, so I do think of myself as a south Londoner.

What did you want to be when you grew up?

I remember a school teacher asking us this when I was in primary school. I said I wanted to be “an author, an artist, and a singer.” I think he was a bit surprised to get three answers to his question. I do like art and also enjoy singing, but of course, my dearest wish was always to be a writer – and a successful, popular one. 

List three words to describe yourself

Fluid, persistent, unstoppable.  These three words sprang into my head when I was first asked this question, and I don’t even know why. They just arose from my intuition.

Who would play you in a film about your life?

I rather like the idea of Emma Thompson. Emma is someone who seems to be able to convey how a woman feels, in the most subtle, exquisitely discerning way. I shall never forget the scene in “Love Actually” when she played a woman trying to hide her tears and her sense of betrayal and disappointment from her family, so as not to spoil her children’s enjoyment of Christmas. She was also fabulous as the writer PL Travers in “Saving Mr .  Banks” though I certainly hope I would not behave like that to anyone wanting to make a film of my novels!

What’s your favourite snack food when writing?

A dangerous subject! Ideally, the answer would be “nothing ,”  but Slimming World hi-fi bars feature quite often!

If you had a superpower, what would it be?

I’d like to be a Shapeshifter. I am fascinated by shapeshifting, and it comes into each one of my novels. It would encompass the benefits of two other superpowers: Invisibility and Flying.  The act of changing shape would have many of the same advantages as choosing to become invisible ,  and  it would also include the ability to change into a bird. Perhaps it relates in some way to the magical power of being an animagus, in the wizarding world of Harry Potter.

 

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The Sensible Side:

Tell us a little about yourself. How did you get started writing? What do you do when you’re not writing?

As a child, I was inspired by Enid Blyton. I started writing adventure stories at the age of seven; the love of writing that her stories first instilled into me has strengthened over the years. I studied English Literature at Lancaster University, and my first permanent job was as a production secretary with the BBC. Later I lived for nearly five years in Australia before returning to live in the UK.

I now live in Warwickshire with my husband David, son Jamie and daughter Abigail. Nearby are three of England’s most famous destinations: the Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford-upon Avon and the two great castles at Kenilworth and Warwick. I love history, and visiting National Trust and English Heritage properties is one of my favourite leisure-time activities, along with films, theatre, reading and reviewing books, visiting art galleries and museums, music, concerts and choral singing. Kenilworth Castle is my favourite place to escape