Hi
everyone!
My
name is Dee Dee, I’m twenty five and I live in a beautiful part of Devon,
England with my family. I have a younger sister, Amy who is a brilliant guitar
player, some chickens, Duck, geese, pheasants, a cat (that adopted us when we
moved in!!!) and some Koi.
Broken
City is actually my second novel. My first, as my Aunt so delicately put it,
was crazy but in my defence I was only sixteen at the time. On the plus side I
learnt a lot (or so I hope) and two years later ‘Broken City’ was finished. Due
to the support I have received from everyone I have just started work on the
next in the Broken City series!
I
have written another book ‘The Promise’, which is set in Saxon England it’s the
beginning of a series and I have just finished my third book which is set in
the distant future and is also the start of a series. It will be available for
purchase early next year!!!
I
really hope you enjoy reading my books as much as I enjoy writing them.
I
love reading and have a kindle: I read almost anything with adventure and
romance in it! I also like to cook and wear impractical high heels!!! And as
you might have noticed I have a horrible addiction to exclamation marks!!!
1. If you could work with any other author, who
would it be and why?
I
guess it would HAVE to be Dickens, he's writing is incredible, his descriptions
make you feel like you're standing within the pages of his books! I remember
reading 'Dombey and Son' when I was about 18 and I cried the whole way through!
2. What would be a typical working day for you?
When and where do you write?
At
the moment I've set myself a 2013 challenge to complete the sequels to all
three of my series. I already have the stories planed out and I decided that I
just needed to motivate myself and get them down on paper!!! So I'm writing
1000 words every day at the moment. So far it's going really well, I'm already
30.000 words into Broken City 2!!!
3. What is the hardest part of the writing for
you?
The
first 20.000 words before the 'Big Scene' that changes the course of the story.
You can't just jump in right in the middle of the plot, you have to build up
and explain things but sometimes it can be hard holding back!!! And of course:
EDITING!!!
4. When and why did you first start
writing?
I've
always loved reading and writing, my first attempt at a novel was when I was
14, it took my 4 years to write and it was terrible, but I learnt a lot. When I
was 18 I started 'Broken City' and I've never looked back!
5. How did you come up with the idea for the
book your book?
With
each one it's different. 'Broken City' started off with a dream, 'The Promise'
started after I was singing 'two little boys' to my baby cousin, the song is
the story of two friends who are loyal
to each other over everything else. I wanted to write a book about a friendship
so strong it stood against everything. 'Fracture' started as a single scene and
grew from there!
6. Are you a big reader? If so, what are you
reading now?
I
am a huge reader!!! In fact I've just had a bit of a reading marathon: 11 books
in 4 days!!!
7. Do you have any advice for other aspiring
writers?
Be
open to criticism, it hurts worse than anything to hear that your masterpiece
has some problems, but in the end you want to know about it. Find someone you
can trust to be COMPLETELY honest with you and then ask their opinion, the
truth is that no matter how hard an author looks at their book, other people
will be able to see the faults in your writing that you can't.
FRACTURE
In
a world torn apart by war and divided in to three nations Astra struggles to
achieve balance. As a child she experienced a horror that caused her life to
fracture around her, changing everything she’d ever known in an instant.
Sixteen
years later and Astra has been pressured into a false position by her past and
is forced into taking a stand that enables her to keep her loved ones safe, but
the cost is high.
Caught
in an intolerable position Astra is loyal to only one thing: the family that
loves her. But when a diplomatic mission from the Free Nation arrives for peace
talks with the Tula, Astra’s precariously balanced world begins to fracture
again.
BROKEN CITY
Deeta
Richards has never seen the outside world. Before she was born a banking crisis
brought civilization to an end and now no one leaves the safety of the
compounds unless they need to, but Deeta still dreams of seeing more than the
building she was born in.
Tom
is in the guard, this group are the only people that the tribal elders allow to
leave the compound and tom knows only too well that Deeta could never survive
the harshness that exists outside. Then tragedy strikes and Deeta and her
sister Jan find themselves captured by a hostile tribe. Why does Tom know so
much about these people? And why do they know so much about him? As this
mystery draws to a climax, they discover that their friend Tom is not quite
what he seems...
THE PROMISE
Dear
Reader,
I
wish to tell you a tale that began with a promise destined to change the lives
of many.
When
only a child, Lady Adele of Berron lost her family during a dreadful battle and
was betrothed to a stranger.
Lord
Rafe of Valrek, only a boy himself when the battle of Calis raged, grew to be a
feared warrior and trusted advisor to his King. But sadness filled his past and
Adele served only to remind him of all he had lost.
However
the promise that bound these two together caused great anger to some.
What,
Dear Reader, happened in those days of treachery and darkness? Incline your ear
that I may whisper the secrets that you so desire to hear......
Lady Quill
