Please give us a little introduction to you...
In real life I work in administration in a busy secondary
school in East London and I live with my
husband and our tiny human.
When is your best time to write?
I have found that I can write pretty much anywhere these days
apart from when my daughter is with me. My favourite way to write is alone,
with specific mood setting music and a bottle of wine.
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| Anne- Marie Ormsby |
Which social media platforms do you find most comfortable to
use?
I use Facebook, mainly for personal use as I live far away
from most of my family and friends, but I do have an author page which is fun,
Instagram (a lot because I like taking photos) and more recently got into using
Twitter which I wasn’t too interested in before but got into the swing of it
during my book promo stuff.
Please tell us what your latest book is about and its genre.
Purgatory Hotel is about a girl who wakes up dead and cant
remember how she died or who she was. She also isn’t sure what she did wrong to
end up in Purgatory which is a creepy old Victorian hotel with endless
corridors and a library full of books that are the stories of peoples
lives. Our mysterious heroine must dodge
the inhabitants of Purgatory and re live her life in order to repent for her
crime.
It’s paranormal fiction but I prefer the title Paranormal
Whodunnit.
Oh, that sounds a really interesting read.
Did anything in particular influence you to write it?
I was inspired by lots of different things, various songs,
books and movies played a part in the inspiration, but I think I was deep down
inspired to examine what people will do in desperate situations and what bad
relationships will do to people.
Did it require any specialised research?
No, not really as most of it is pure imagination. I did spend
a bit of time reading old newspaper stories about a series of murders called
The Babes in the Woods murders which I tied in with one of my less savoury
characters.
I confess to being a research junkie and I'm sure if I chose to write something purely imaginative I'd still find something I'd need to research just for the thrill of it.
Who is your main character?
Her name is Dakota Crow and shes in her early 20’s
What’s your main character’s greatest weakness?
A man called Jackson Shade.
What does the character do to overcome this?
I cant say……
Do you enjoy editing your work?
Not at all…I read and re read the book so many times I was
blind to it all eventually. I was very grateful when my editor Miriam stepped
in and took over!
What’s your favourite occupation? (apart from writing!)
Working in a bookshop.
Do you have a favourite place to ‘hide’ out from life?
I have a toddler. There is no hiding place.
Favourite food and drink?
Cava, olives and cheese.
Thank you for being a great guest today, Anne- Marie. Best wishes with Purgatory Hotel. I've still got some Crooked Cat Books to catch up with reading, yours being one of them, but I will! Also best wishes for your future writing.
Slainthe!
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