You might think Hobbitbotherer is a strange name. It was coined by my husband John when I was going through a very Lord of the Rings phase. Reading the books, watching the films and finding out what other films the actors were in! We had always thought of one day going to New Zealand and having seen some of the wonderful scenery in the films, it made us want to visit even more and we decided to go for it after all. Our trip is what inspired the book, New Zealand with a Hobbit Botherer, a funny romp through the wonderful land of Aotearoa (Land of the Long White Cloud) while poor John had to put up with me wanting to trek to all the film locations!
I read lots of different genres, so I guess that sometimes translates into my writing. I never sit down and write a book by deciding on the genre first. Normally it's the characters who appear in my mind first, although not usually named until much later! I love the history of names and usually try and find names that suit them, rather than just pick a name out of the air. Ideas come from everywhere and I have so many ideas going around in my head that if I didn't write them down I'd go mad.
I love books and I love reading, our house is overflowing with books so I've been trying to read more ebooks than paper ones recently. I don't care what method it is, I love a good story whether it's on a computer screen or on a dead tree.
Drowning Rapunzel ebook is out now by Excessica Publishing
Drowning Rapunzel
Silent Screams
Shadows of the Rose
New Zealand with a Hobbit Botherer
Click on each book's title for more details.
The Chosen
The Chosen is under contract with Lyrical Press, details coming soon. A fantasy male/male romance.Shutterspeed
I have started this one and it will probably be a suspense or thriller novel, although I just write what the characters want as I go along.
Alien Light
Free Reads
NUW Roads Tavelled II
Anthology of sample work from the members of NUW writing group. PDF ebook
Reading the Writer
Some samples of my work and an interview with me. PDF ebook
Beth's Journal
Short story, prequel to Drowning Rapunzel
Films:
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- Harry Potter films
- Moulin Rouge!
- Dead Poets' Society
- Beautiful Thing
Music/Artists:
- Meat Loaf
- Enya
- Snow Patrol
- The Killers
- Razorlight
Books favourite genres:
- Fantasy/SF
- Horror
- Suspense/Thriller
- Gay themes
- Romance/Erotica
